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LOT 0672
Roman Bronze Phallic Knife Guard
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (10.7 grams, 50 mm).
Formed with a stylised erect phallus to one side, fist held in the fica gesture to the other, rectangular plate with raised sides and circular piercing to the bottom face. [No Reserve]
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.
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