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LOT 0850
Roman Bronze Flying Phallus Pendent
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (25.2 grams total, 35 mm including stand).
Model phallus with spread wings and suspension loop at the tail; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 757.
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