2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE PROTOME WITH BEAR FOREPART
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Emerging from a fragmentary cluster of calyx leaves, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high; a bronze lamp handle with panther head terminal, emerging from large petalled fragmentary ruff, 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) long; a bronze lion head terminal, mounted, 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) long, both 1st Century B.C./A.D.; a Roman bronze seated lion, with raised head, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high; and a pair of bronze elephants, both 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) long (6)

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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 2004, VI, nos. 76 and 59 (items one and three); Animals, 1996, III, nos. 145 (item two) and 172 a/b (items five and six); and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 97 (items five and six).

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