Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1508. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ROMAN. Imperial. Bronze Statuette of Sparrow. 2nd-3rd century AD. Well-detailed, hollow-cast figure of a sparrow with inlaid silver eyes. 105mm in length. Complete, except for legs. Part of a statuary group, most certainly including Aphrodite, of whom the sparrow was a representative animal. Choice condition with attractive patina, pupils of eyes missing inlay.