Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 257626
Roman Bronze Horse Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (8.88 grams, 35 mm).
Formed as a standing horse, the hind legs forming a crossbar, the forelegs forming a catchplate, and linear detailing to the mane. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
Literature
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1644.
CONDITIONVETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 257626
Roman Bronze Horse Brooch
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
RELATED LOTS
-
Roman Fresco Wall Plaster Collection
1st century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted with mainly Pompeii red, pale blue, brown and white detailing; some with an impression of timber laths to the reverse. 1.46 kg total, 7.9-16 cm
Acquired in the 19th century. Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland. UK gallery, early 2000s.
These small fragments, for analogies with the fragments of Pompeii, seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. A red grenade fillet probably framed some panels. A fragment shows alternate blue and red colours over a cream background, maybe pertinent to a socle. -
Large Romano-British Decorated Black-Burnished Ware Pot Sherd
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Substantial fragment from a bulbous vessel with an everted rim, a band of linear decoration below the rim, and the body decorated with a combing technique; the reverse with an old inked collection note 'opp. railstation Braughing'. 487 grams, 23 cm
Found near the village of Braughing in Hertfordshire, UK, in the early 1960s. By descent to the son of a late Hertfordshire gentleman collector, whose collection was formed from the 1960s. -
Roman Green Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of graduated beads including oblate, tubular, polygonal, and others, the central feature a large annular pendant, restrung. 24.7 grams, 41 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.
