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LOT 0118

Roman Bronze Zebu Statuette

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (61 grams, 47 mm).

Hollow-formed in reclining pose with the legs folded beneath the body, tail curled over the rump, hump to rear of neck.

Provenance

Acquired in 1992.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0118

Roman Bronze Zebu Statuette

Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)

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