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LOT 0107
Roman Silver Mouse Figure
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.74 grams, 27 mm).
Shown with semi-naturalistic detailing in a crouching posture, eating a nut held in its front paws.
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.
Literature
Cf. Christies, London, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, 26th-27th October, 2004, p.184 and p.203, for similar.
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