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LOT 0114

Roman Gilt Bronze Eagle Statuette

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (104 grams, 47 mm).

Modelled in the round on a square base with gusseted sides, standing with head turned and wings spread.

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.12239-222315.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 268.

CONDITION

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LOT 0114

Roman Gilt Bronze Eagle Statuette

Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)

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