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LOT 0139
Roman Bronze Horse Protome
3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (173 grams total, 85 mm including stand).
Modelled in active leaping pose with forelegs extended, mane flying and mouth slightly open; hollow to the reverse with two attachment lugs; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques De Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 400-401, for similar.
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Roman Honey-Coloured Cast Glass Flask
1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
With piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim, raised rib below the shoulder. 54 grams, 97 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s. -
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Large Roman Tinned Bronze Patera
1st century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
With a deep bowl and flat-section handle with integral loop; shallow concentric grooves around the exterior of the neck, rolled rim, concentric rings to the underside; finished on a lathe; cracked and split. 903 grams, 33 cm wide
Acquired in Europe before 1993. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11788-206494.
In contrast to their elaborate counterparts, paterae such as this were likely carried as part of the standard kit of Roman soldiers, used as a general cooking and eating utensil. The regular heap up (sarcina) of the legionaries is well represented on the reliefs of Trajan's column. It was composed of a T stake (furca), to which a linen bag (sacculus) was hung, as well as the leather haversack for 15-20 days supplies (trinum nundinum) and personal effects, a pot (ollula), a cup (patera), and a basket for work on the fields. -
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Roman Marble Head of Euripides
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £18,000 - 24,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
An impressive carved herm of the tragic author of the tragic author Euripides, portrayed as an elderly man with full beard and long hair forming compact, slightly wavy strands, radiating from a single point at the back of the head and combed forwards over the forehead; heavy brow and small mouth; cracked and repaired. 7.46 kg, 25 cm
English private collection, acquired in the late 1970s/early 1980s. David Cambridge, Cheltenham. with Galerie Chenel, Paris, acquired from the above in 1998. French private collection, acquired from the above in 1999/2000. Ancient Marbles, Classical Sculpture and works of art; Sotheby's, London, 13 June 2016, no.49. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12191-222443.
Euripides was a classical Athenian playwright and one of the three great tragedians of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Sophocles. Born in 480 B.C., his work is renowned for its complex characters and psychological depth, often exploring the darker aspects of human nature and societal norms. Euripides' plays, such as Medea, The Bacchae, and Hippolytus, are marked by their innovative use of mythological themes to comment on contemporary issues.
