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LOT 0870

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

ROMAN SILVER MOUSE STATUETTE
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.1 grams, 25 mm).

Modelled in the round, with disc (biscuit?) held in the forepaws.

PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Christie's, London, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, 26th-27th October, 2004, p.184 and p.203, for similar.

CONDITION
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