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LOT 0104
Roman Silver Animal Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1/2 - 1 1/4 in. (41 grams total, 14-32 mm).
Comprising: a mouse nibbling food; a rooster standing on a base; a standing bird, possibly a cockerel; a standing eagle; a sinuous feline standing on a slender base; a lion modelled couchant, with geometric detailing. [6]
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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LOT 0104
Roman Silver Animal Collection
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Roman Bronze Griffin Attachment
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
Free-standing with stylised features, bulging eyes, hooked beak, pricked ears; piriform base. 77 grams, 53 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection. -
Large Roman Bronze Cockerel Statuette
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £278
Modelled free-standing and in the round with stylised anatomical detailing. 109 grams, 77 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection. -
Late Roman Bronze Bird Terminal
4th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Modelled in the round with stylised wing, tail and eye detailing, notched tuft to head, standing on a discoid base with tapering square-section lug below. 80 grams, 95 mm high
From the collection of an EU gentleman formed in the early 2000s. Acquired on the UK market.