1st-2nd century AD. A bronze fragment of rim from a bowl or similar vessel, curved with lip to the inner and outer faces, figure of a partridge leaning inwards with detailed feather texture; fragment of the feet for a similar figure adjacent; mounting pin to the underside. See Tassinari, S. La Vaisselle de Bronze, Romaine et Provinciale, au Musée des Antiquités Nationales, XXIXe supplément de Gallia, Paris, 1975 for discussion. 37 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). From the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.