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LOT 0641

Roman Bronze Mount with Dolphin

2ND-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.

Provenance

Acquired in Europe in 1990.
European private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

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 0641

Roman Bronze Mount with Dolphin

Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)

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