ROMAN SILVER-GILT DOG FIGURINE

Ca. AD 1 - 300 A silver-gilt figure of a seated dog, upright on its haunches with the forelegs straight and close-set. The lean torso has pronounced ribs and a textured collar around the back of the neck. The head is lifted and turned slightly to one side with pricked ears, bulging eyes and a blunt snout, the tail curving round the back of the right leg. Size: 34mm x 20mm; Weight: 12.4g. Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a South-German private collection formed on the European art market in the 1980s and 1990s. . >

Estimate:£200

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