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LOT 0641

Estimate
GBP (£) 150 - 200
EUR (€) 180 - 240
USD ($) 190 - 260

Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 90; USD 97) (‡+bp*)
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.

CONDITION
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