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LOT 0870
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.
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