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LOT 0119
Roman Marble Seated Hound Statue
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
18 1/8 in. (24.4 kg total, 46 cm high including stand).
An acephalic seated marble dog carved in the round with anatomical detailing; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEx Mr U.C. collection, Belgium, formed in the 1950s.
English private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11630-199755.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1805,0703.8, for the similarly-modelled Townley greyhounds.
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