Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 381
A Roman bronze zoomorphic handle fragment
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £318
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Description
A Roman bronze zoomorphic handle fragment
circa 1st century AD
cast as a panther, with stamped circle decoration, and a trefoil mount,
14cm long, mounted,
and a West African iron model of standing animal with a bird in its jaw, 17.5cm long. (2)
Provenance
Private collection, UK, acquired from the London art market in the 1990s.