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LOT 1503
Large Bronze Roman Romulus and Remus Plaque
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
28 1/4 in. (14.9 kg, 72 cm wide).
Modelled in the half-round and hollow to the reverse; the lupa she-wolf standing with head turned, infant twins suckling beneath on a chamfered base.
ProvenanceEx Weser auction, Germany.
Ex French gallery, Paris.
The plaque is modelled on the famous Lupa Capitolina "the Capitoline Wolf", believed to be an Etruscan-inspired bronze of the 5th century B.C. with modifications in the 15th century AD by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. The twin boys are Romulus and Remus, abandoned by their mother and kept alive by the wolf. They went on to be founders of Rome; Romulus killed Remus in a dispute over the most appropriate hill (Palatine or Aventine) on which to base the city's layout.
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LOT 1503
Large Bronze Roman Romulus and Remus Plaque
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Statue of Egyptian Osiris
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
The god standing on an integral square base holding agricultural implements and wearing the atef crown, mounted on a custom-made stand; after the antique. 1.11 kg total, 24.5 cm high including stand
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. -
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Large Framed Gilt Icon Painting with Vision of Saint John on Patmos
Early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
From the Book of Revelation or Apocalypse; the central image of seated Christ on a blue cloud with gold circlets supported by cherubs, an arch of cherubs represented as fire-creatures above him; surrounded by angels holding the models of the seven churches of Asia, from left to right: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamon, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea, with their names written next to the models and a candlestick before; resting figure of Saint John below, dressed in red himation and green pallium, a monk dressed in long white sticharion and epitrachelion beside him; panel with text from the Book of Revelation above him; mounted in a modern gilt frame with an old label for 'Henry J Murcott' to the reverse. 5.6 kg total, 90.5 x 74.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s or before. From a deceased London, UK, estate. Accompanied by an academic report Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Egyptian Style Figurine Group
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