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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]

Provenance

From 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.

Literature

Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession nos. 03.23.4.5.8-13.

CONDITION

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LOT 0843

Roman Bronze Tripod Offering Dish

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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