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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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Large Roman Rhenish Type Snake-Thread Goblet from a Workshop in Cologne
Circa late 2nd-early 3rd century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,250
Comprising an ovoid body with trumpet-shaped foot and rounded everted rim; applied 'snake-tread' detailing in swept curves and undulating waves; applied thread collar below rim. 87 grams, 17.4 cm
Private collection, Europe, 1970s. with Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, USA (The Muse's Song, 2008, no.75). The Nico F Bijnsdorp collection (NFB 241), acquired from the above 2 October 2009. with Bonhams, London, 6 July 2023, no.159. From a London, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonham's catalogue page. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13526-261500.
The so-called ‘snake-thread’ trail was applied to the faces of the vessel and was originally manufactured in workshops in Cologne from about the middle of the 2nd century onwards. A great variety of glass objects with quite similar decoration are on display in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln. Roman Cologne was an important production centre for glass, especially for translucent vessels decorated with colourful snake-threads. -
Late Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with The Fiery Furnace
5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With stub handle to the rear, wide rim with rosettes, the discus with an angel above three young men: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego with flames below; a low basal ring. 175 grams, 14 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The scene is a depiction of the story from chapter three of the Book of Daniel. The three Jewish men, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon, for refusing to bow to the king's image. After having the three men thrown into the furnace, to his astonishment, Nebuchadnezzar saw four men walking unharmed amidst the fire, describing the fourth figure as being 'like the Son of God'. -
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Rosette
North Africa, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Broad and squat with short nozzle, radiating zigzag motif to the shoulder, rosette to the discus, leaf motif to the base. 145 grams, 12.2 cm
From the deceased estate of a UK private collector, thence by descent to his family. Ex Trevanions Auctioneers & Valuers, Shropshire, UK.
