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LOT 0780
Roman Bronze Military Staff Finial with Standing Figure
1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (21.8 grans, 11.2 cm).
Sheet bronze with repoussé design of a youthful maiden standing with her right hand raised to her hair, let hand relaxed caressing a draped textile banner; wearing a palla gathered at the waist and bloused, with a strap to the right shoulder.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. undecorated type in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.1982,0103.222.
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LOT 0780
Roman Bronze Military Staff Finial with Standing Figure
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Roman Bronze Bust Mount of Mercury
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Modelled in the half round with winged head; hollow reverse. 17.6 grams, 31 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s. Property of a retired academic. -
Roman Terracotta Frieze Fragment with Bird
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Showing the figure of a bird enclosed inside a medallion, with edges decorated with a foliage, moulded grooves in the upper part, remains of red pigment on the dividing space. 643 grams, 12.5 cm
Acquired from Millon Arts D'Orient, with lot sticker. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
The motif of a bird enclosed in a roundel draws inspiration from Parthian and Sassanid art, and decorated the ceilings of Roman Hellenistic tombs and temples of the Roman East. Our fragment could have been part of the polychrome stucco decoration of the ceiling of a tomb, or a square insert in a temple building. It certainly had to be painted in showy colours, of which clear traces remain in the amaranth red on the right of the fragment and in the pink and blue traces visible on the bird. -
Roman Bronze Artefact Collection
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Comprising a bowl with incised geometric decoration; knife with single-edged iron blade and decoratively incised pommel; and a pin with tapering round-section body, shallow conical finial and decoratively incised head. 106 grams total, 4.8-13.5 cm
Acquired before 2000. From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
