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LOT 0878
Roman Bronze Mount with Dolphin
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (94 grams, 72 mm).
Fragment of a vessel with integral dolphin modelled in the round with hatched fins, pellet eyes, looped tail for attachment of a cord or light chain.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe in 1990.
European private collection.
Cf. Christie's London, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, 26th-27th October, 2004, pp.219-220, for similar.
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LOT 0878
Roman Bronze Mount with Dolphin
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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