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LOT 0127

Estimate
GBP (£) 500 - 700
EUR (€) 580 - 810
USD ($) 670 - 940

ROMAN BRONZE SEA CREATURE COLLECTION
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 3 in. (122 grams total, 33-76 mm).

Comprising: the stylised head of a dolphin; a shell; fish with head and scale detailing, suspension loop to tail; fish with loop to head. [4]

PROVENANCE:
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.

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