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LOT 0684
Roman Stone Eagle Statue
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (987 grams, 13 cm high).
Carved standing on a plinth with its head turned to the right, wings folded.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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