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]

Provenance

From 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.

Literature

See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques De Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 400-401, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 0139