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Culture: ROMAN. Date: 1ST - 2ND CENTURY A.D. Material: BRONZE. Provenance: EX: AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION; EX: EUROPEAN ART MARKET. Condition: INTACT, PRESERVING THE HANDLE FROM A PATERA, VERY PRETTY GREEN-BROWN PATINA, OFFERED WITH CUSTOMS BASE DISPLAY STAND. Measurements: 5.25 INCHES LONG (13.5 CMS). this handle terminates in the form of a wolf's head. Quite common in a ram's head, but very rare in a wolf's head. Cf: Lot no. 236, Christie's London Antiquities Auction, A Peaceable Kingdom, The Leo Mildenberg Collection, October 2004.
Antiquities
Ancient Roman
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