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LOT 0665
Romano-British Bronze Horse Statuette
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.
ProvenanceFound Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.87a,b, for type.
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