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LOT 0145
Late Roman Bronze Horse Harness Phalera with Horse Heads
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (283 grams, 11.9 cm).
Formed as a six-spoked wheel with raised rim to the hub and wreath detailing to the rim and spokes; rectangular slot above flanked by two addorsed horse-heads; ferrous spike to centre.
ProvenanceFrom an English private collection, 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 0145
Late Roman Bronze Horse Harness Phalera with Horse Heads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Hemispherical in profile with a broad base, bands of wheel-cut horizontal lines to the inner face. 87 grams, 11.4 cm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
Such bowls are related to the form of Terra Sigillata according to several scholars. The period of their widest use is between 70 and 130 A.D. It was widely used throughout the western parts of the Empire, and especially in Italy. Similar bowls could also be found in the Eastern Mediterranean and were probably produced in Italic workshops, since there are numerous finds in Ticino. -
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
