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LOT 0167
Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique
LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (5 1/2 in.) (515 grams total, 11.9 cm wide (740 grams total, 14 cm high including stand)).
Formed as the bust of Eros looking upwards, with stub wings to his shoulders, holding a goose to his chest; conical socket above each wing; eyes with silver inserts; old collector's label '1994 51.75' to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand; likely a socket base.
Provenancewith Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1988, no.234.
Ex Joel L. Malter & Co., Encino, California, USA, Auction XLV, 28 May 1991, no.902.
Ex Bruce A. Kamerling collection.
Acquired from Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 26 June 1994.
The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California.
Property deaccessioned from the Haggin Museum, Stockton, California, USA.
Bonhams, Antiquities, 23 May 2012, no.121.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13126-247737.
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LOT 0167
Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Roman Bronze Statuette Base
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Round in plan, tapered in profile, hollow to the underside. 16 grams, 27 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman's collection. -
Roman Light Green Glass Lamp
Circa 4th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £139
Tapering body with pontil base, slightly everted rim; traces of iridescence. 41 grams, 80 mm
From an important collection of glass, London, UK, 1990s. -
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Large Roman Green Mosaic Glass Fragment
Late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Sub-rectangular panel fragment made from mosaic-type glass in shades of green and cream; one polished face, edge chipped; mounted on a custom-made stand. 460 grams total, glass: 11.9 cm
with old 19th-century label ‘240’ to the reverse. Dr Jutaro Kawabe, Nagoya, Japan, assembled during the 1960s-1980s. with Hoshigaoka Gallery until the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13094-248079.
The decoration is well documented in the Eastern Roman Empire, especially the Syro-Palestinian coast. The most frequently occurring colours in these glass mosaics are opaque red, but green and blue tints are not uncommon.
