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LOT 0665
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE HORSE STATUETTE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (195 grams, 72 mm).
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (195 grams, 72 mm).
Modelled in the round and in advancing pose with one foreleg raised, dressed tail. stiff mane, incised facial detailing; ferrous remains to the back where the rider was positioned.
PROVENANCE:
Found Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an East Anglian private collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.87a,b, for type.
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AUCTIONS:
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