A ROMAN 'CAMPANA' TERRACOTTA PLAQUE FRAGMENT

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A ROMAN 'CAMPANA' TERRACOTTA PLAQUE FRAGMENT

1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.

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A ROMAN 'CAMPANA' TERRACOTTA PLAQUE FRAGMENT
1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Depicting a standing hippopotamus on a riverbank, with raised head and open mouth, modern attachment pin at bottom edge; and a terracotta tile, depicting three pigs facing left, Roman period or later
6 in. (15.3 cm.) long and 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high respectively (2)

Provenance

Item one: Charles Ede Ltd., London.

Exhibited

Les animaux du 6ème jour: Les animaux dans la Bible et dans l'Orient ancien, Fribourg and nine venues in Germany and Switzerland, 2000-2003.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, nos. 212 and 205 respectively; Noah's Ark, 1997, nos. 119 and 114 respectively; O. Keel and T. Staubli, Les animaux du 6ème jour, Musée Bible + Orient, Fribourg, 2003, p. 55, no. 41 (item two).

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