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LOT 0859
Roman Bronze Laying Panther Statuette
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (25 grams, 38 mm).
Modelled in the round laying flat on its side with forelegs extended; low-relief collar to the neck. [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.297, for type.
FootnotesThe presence of the collar suggests that the model represents a panther used in the gladiatorial animal-fighting games.
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