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LOT 0794
Roman Bronze Cockerel on Base Appliqué
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (49 grams, 46 mm).
Modelled with feather detailing on a tiered base.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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Large Roman Bronze Standing Cockerel Statuette
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Modelled free-standing and in the round with stylised anatomical detailing. 109 grams, 77 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection. -
Roman Samian Ware Dish Fragments one with Ancient Repairs
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
One base and side wall, one base, each with sections of the foot; exhibiting examples of lead repairs. 128 grams total, 8-12.7 cm
Found Bedfordhire, 1980s. Property of a Kempston, UK gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Peter Spencer dated 9 December 1980. -
Roman Bronze ROMA Brooch
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With openwork monogram in Latin letters, ('R'+'M'+'A', with the 'O' represented by the circular plan of the brooch itself), a palindrome 'AMOR'; complete with pin. 13.86 grams, 35 mm
Acquired on the German art market around 2000s. From the collection of an EU gentleman living in the UK.
The brooch is composed of the stylised letters ‘RMA’. When viewed from the obverse RMA + the circle of the brooch form a monogram for ‘Roma’. Roma refers to both the city and its divine personification, the Dea Roma. But if RMA is read from right to left (or the brooch is viewed from the opposite side), the letters display a monogram for ‘AMOR’, the Latin name for Cupid, the god of love. The phrase pertains to Roma-Amor, a widely recognised palindrome espousing Roman wordplay in the ancient times.
