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LOT 0736
Roman Bronze Sleeping Dog
1ST CENTURY B.C.-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (30.9 grams, 32 mm).
Appliqué with domed underside, legs drawn up beneath the arched body; incised fur and other detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
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