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LOT 0882
Roman Terracotta Fragments with Animals
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 -3 3/4 in. (70 grams total, 56-94 mm).
Comprising two vessel rim fragments, the smaller with a leaping lion, the larger with scalloped border, crouching deer beneath a tree above and a leaping antelope below with a tree behind. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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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