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LOT 0685
Roman Bronze Lion Lock Hasp
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (35 grams, 46 mm).
Formed as a crouching lion with head turned; pierced lug at the rump for the hinge, loop below the shoulders for the hasp.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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