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LOT 0682
Roman Schist Dolphin
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in (30 grams total, 59 mm long (58 mm high including stand)).
A carved schist dolphin figure with stylised detailing to the fins and face; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 284, for type.
FootnotesThe dolphin was among the animals sacred to Aphrodite, but in Graeco-Roman mythology it was also considered to be the animal accompanying the souls of the dead into the afterlife.
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