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LOT 0743
Roman Bronze Horse Head Terminal
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (60.1 grams, 57 mm).
Modelled as a caparisoned horse-head emerging from a four-petalled flower.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 0743
Roman Bronze Horse Head Terminal
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Late Roman Bronze Tweezers
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Formed as two narrow arms with transverse ribbing and impressed ornament. 3.74 grams, 51 mm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. -
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Horse and Rider Brooch
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Plate brooch with cells to the horse's chest and flanks and to the rider's body, intended to accept cloisonné enamel fill, remains of a sprung pin to the reverse. 3.9 grams, 27 mm
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s. Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket. -
Bronze Figure of a Zebu Bull
Roman Imperial Period, 2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Modelled in the round in alert pose with head raised and slightly turned; hair texture to the forehead, neck and shoulders; mounted on a custom-made stand. 2.3 kg total, 20 cm including stand
Art market, Bavaria, 1990s. with Christie's, New York, 7 December 2011, no.188. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00122050. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12962-245248.
After the Roman annexation of Egypt, Egyptian cults such as that of the Apis bull were syncretised, becoming part of a distinctively Egyptian form of Roman polytheism. Representations of prancing Apis bulls, turned either left or right, have been found throughout the Roman Empire. However, it is also possible that this beautiful statuette is connected with the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus, where the armed god is usually standing upon a bull.
