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LOT 0136
Large Roman Marble Relief with Triton
2ND CENTURY A.D.
19 1/2 in. (18.65 kg total, 49.5 cm including stand).
Carved in high relief on a dressed block; with broad fleshy face and long strands of curly hair draped over the shoulders; mantle to the shoulders secured on the chest, narrow trunk with rounded abdomen and navel, fish-scale detailing to the lower body; left arm supporting a conch shell or cornucopia, right arm raised; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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LOT 0136
Large Roman Marble Relief with Triton
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£2,000 (EUR 2,320; USD 2,700) ‡+BP*
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Roman Bronze Statue of Satyr Playing an Aulos
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,450
Depicted nude sitting on a rock, his upper body leaning back, playing the double flute (lost); pointed ears, and the hair at the nape of the neck curled inwards; accompanied by a display stand, right knee restored. 254 grams total, statue: 61 mm, 82 mm high including stand
Plinth from the 1970s-1980s. Ex Dr Uwe Dams (1975-2017), Oberpfalz, Germany. with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Auction 30 June 2017, no.74. Belgian art market, 2022. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13437-263151.
The figure may represent Marsyas, who, convinced of his mastery of the art, challenged Apollo to a contest, lost and was flayed alive as punishment for his excessive pride. -
Roman Bronze Mirror Handle and Tinned Mirror
Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising flat discoid mirror with punched rim and dot-and-ring decoration to the centre, round-section handle with knob finial and volutes at each end of a ledge. 137 grams total, 90-94 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Eastern Roman Terracotta Tesserae and Tablet Collection
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including discoid, rectangular and other types with impressed Greek and other legends, standing figures and other designs. 10.2 grams total, 13-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
