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LOT 0906
Roman Bronze Lying Doe Statuette
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (59.8 grams, 46 mm).
Modelled in the round with legs folded beneath the body, light texturing. [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.
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