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LOT 0896
Roman Bronze Miniature Herm
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (33 grams, 56 mm).
With stepped domed base, the shank square in section and tapering with helmetted head, stub arms, chevron hatching to the chest and male genitals.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. similar figure in the British Museum under accession no.1912,1125.13.
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LOT 0896
Roman Bronze Miniature Herm
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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1st-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Roman Bronze Bearded Grotesque Statuette
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Roman Bronze Statuette of Young Mercury on the Eagle of Jupiter
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Modelled in the round as a figure of an eagle perching with its head turned to the right; on its back, the god Mercury with caduceus on his left arm and petasos on his head; mounted on a custom-made stand. 63.3 grams total, 68 mm including stand
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.
The figure of the messenger-god Mercury seated on the pinion of the eagle possibly relates to a mythic incident. Similar imagery was used in respect of Jupiter in scenes where the god was supposed to welcome a newly-deified emperor into the pantheon: see Metropolitan Museum of Art accession no. 32.142.2, for a sardonyx instance of this motif.
