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LOT 0144

Roman Bronze Wine Strainer

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

10 3/4 in. (159 grams, 27.4 cm).

Cup-shaped body with flared and curved rim, flat-section handle with swan-head finial; the body with pierced rosette pattern.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12233-222331.

Literature

Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1878,1012.24.

CONDITION
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LOT 0144

Roman Bronze Wine Strainer

Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)

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