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LOT 0843
Roman Bronze Tripod Offering Dish
CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (681 grams, 17.5 cm).
Broad dish with carinated rim, three legs to the underside, each a C-shaped shank with a bun foot. [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. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession nos. 03.23.4.5.8-13.
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