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Lot 17*

A Roman bronze furniture attachment

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A Roman bronze furniture attachment
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The foot composed of a protome bust of Dionysus wearing an animal skin, emerging from foliage surmounting a clawed feline paw standing on a hexagonal plinth, a flaring socket for attachment behind, 7in (17.8cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
Joseph Klein Collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980. Thence by descent.

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