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LOT 1252
Roman Bronze Horse and Rider Statuette
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 - 2 3/8 in. (90 grams total, 51-60 mm).
Modelled in the round, the horse modelled with one leg raised, with detailing to the face and mane; the rider styled in a seated position with a floating cape, detailing to the face, hair and garments. [2]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 116, 246, for comparable examples; Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, item Antikensammlung, VI 119.
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LOT 1252
Roman Bronze Horse and Rider Statuette
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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Roman Terracotta Bullae, Tesserae or Token Group
3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A mixed group of ceramic bullae, tesserae or theatre tokens bearing low-relief motifs, mainly consisting of profile busts of deities. 34.1 grams total, 14-21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
The term 'tessera' was used in Roman times to convey the Greek term σύμβολον (token). Small tiles are known as tokens, often shaped like coins, made of metal (copper, lead, iron), clay, bone, wood, or glass, stamped as well as engraved. The tokens, however, are not exclusively coin-shaped, as the Latin term 'tessera' suggests by etymologically referring to a square or at least a four-sided shape and confirmed in several cases by material remains of the past. Tokens and tesserae seem to have been used both in Athens and Rome for the distribution of goods. According to written sources, the term token is identified with credentials of the official authorities. They have also been interpreted as tokens of identity, as entrance tickets to theatre performances, tribunals or assemblies of citizens, archival material of seal engraving, as pawns in games, Charon’s obols and even as amulets. -
Roman Glass Fragment Collection
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Comprising: the majority of a footed goblet, a large glass with a low foot and a wheel-cut decoration, a large fragment of a bulbous bottle, a rim fragment, and a fragment of a foot. 218 grams total, 71-98 mm
Denis Herbette, Paris, Auction 10 November 2024, no.16. -
Roman Marble Figure of a Seated Philosopher
Roman Imperial, 1st century A.D.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,500
Carved in the round as a male figure in a seated pose wearing a loosely draped pallium on the shoulders and lower body, legs crossed at the knees; openwork frame to the chair with deep undercuts; mounted on a custom-made stand. 563 grams total, 86 mm high including stand
Formerly in a private collection, London. European private collection, acquired in 2002. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, 8 June 2004. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13210-249309.
The statuette could represent Zeus or Chronos, based on similarities with two statues in the Vatican Museums and two statues in the Thebes Museum. The god is depicted seated, with his torso exposed, and his left hand, which normally holds the sceptre in statues of seated Zeus, is instead stretched out across his legs.
