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LOT 0771
Roman Bronze Standing Cockerel Statuette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (9.6 grams, 22 mm high).
Free standing and modelled in the round with feather detailing.
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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