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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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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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Opening Bid: £50
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