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LOT 0926
Roman Bronze Horse Head Terminal
1ST-3RD 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.
LiteratureSee Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques De Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 250, for a similar protome.
FootnotesThis is a horse protome designed to be a mount for a vessel or small furniture, a work of delicate Roman craftsmanship, a replica of a widespread Hellenistic model. Similar bronzes can be found at the Musée des Antiquités Nationales of Paris, at the Metropolitan Museum, and at the Mariemont Museum.
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