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LOT 0912
Roman Bronze Flying Phallus
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (99 grams total, 67 mm high including stand).
Amuletic model phallus with swept lateral wings; 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, for type.
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