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LOT 0785
Roman Bronze Figure of a Grotesque Warrior
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (227 grams total, 10 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round figure of a hoplite with later pelta shield and corinthian helmet; the figure modelled nude with exaggerated muscles and genitals; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceOld private collection.
Anonymous sale, Delorme du Bocage, Paris, 31 March 2010.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12050-211847.
See Boucher, S., Recherches sur les Bronzes Figurés de Gaule Pré-Romaine et Romaine, Rome, 1976, p.188, for discussion of grotesque imagery in Roman figural sculpture.
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LOT 0785
Roman Bronze Figure of a Grotesque Warrior
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
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1st millennium A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
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2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
With flat shoulders and raised ellipsoid plaque, pointillé Greek inscription 'ΔΟΜΝο / CΠΑΝ / Θ[.]A' (Domnos Panthea). 5.70 grams, 19.30 mm overall, 16.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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