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LOT 0980

Roman Bronze Mouse Statuette

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (46.6 grams, 50 mm).

In a crouching posture, the tail curving upwards to a scroll finial.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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, p.184 and p.203, for similar.

CONDITION
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LOT 0980

Roman Bronze Mouse Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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