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LOT 0780
Hellenistic or Roman Bronze Statuette of a Grotesque Holding a Jar
ALEXANDRIA, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (73.7 grams total, 68 mm including stand).
Modelled standing nude in a contorted pose with legs spread, holding a jar or bag to his chest; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 211, for type; cf. also Bolla, M., ‘Nani e pigmei nella piccola plastica in bronzo dell’Italia Settentrionale’ in Leger, C., Raux, S., Des objects et des hommes, Ėtudes offertes a Michel Feugère, Drémil-Lafage, 2021, pp.163-171, figs.2-3-4, for similar.
FootnotesSuch figures are often described as ‘grotesques’, yet typically constituted overstated representations of people with dwarfism. Such individuals are invariably shown with exaggerated features such as pot bellies, hunched backs, bald heads, large phalli and angry facial expressions.
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LOT 0780
Hellenistic or Roman Bronze Statuette of a Grotesque Holding a Jar
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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South Italian Terracotta Amphora
4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Black-glazed, biconvex in profile with carination to the equator, domed foot, flange collar below the rounded rim, lateral bifid strap handles. 271 grams, 13 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Mycenaean and Cypriot Pottery Sherd Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Including fragments of ewer and jar, some with painted decoration, partly re-assembled, and other items. 7.9 kg total, 1.5-21.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Scythian Bronze Animal Mount Group
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
