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LOT 0873
Roman Bronze Seated Wild Boar Statuette
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (75 grams total, 65 mm).
Hollow-formed figure of a boar resting with hindlegs folded and forelegs straight, thick ridge to the back, fur texture; open underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.259.
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