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LOT 0885
Roman Bronze Hound Statuette
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (80 grams total, 52 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round in advancing pose with head lowered and mouth open, low-relief collar to the neck; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.275, for type.
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