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LOT 0605
Roman Bronze Mouse Nibbling a Nut Statuette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (22.4 grams, 29 mm).
Modelled with naturalistic detailing on all fours nibbling a nut held between the forepaws, tail curled upwards across the back.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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LOT 0605
Roman Bronze Mouse Nibbling a Nut Statuette
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Roman Bronze Mouse Nibbling a Nut Statuette
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £167
Modelled with naturalistic detailing on all fours nibbling a nut held between the forepaws, tail curled upwards across the back. 22.4 grams, 29 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection. -
Roman 'Newark' Burnished Greyware Vessel
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A piriform jar with everted rim, shallow cross-hatching around the lower body, foot delineated with an incised ring; reconstructed with the use of plasticine. 491 grams, 13.3 cm high
Found Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK, in September 2021. -
Roman Bronze Jupiter Dolichenus Eagle Pair
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
The imperial birds modelled in the round, each standing on the head of a horned bull, wings partially spread; semi-naturalistic detailing to the head and feathers; suspension loop behind the neck. 487 grams total, 89-92 mm
Acquired in Europe before 1992.
The cult of Jupiter Dolichenus was a variant of worship of Zeus from Asia Minor whose mystery cult was widespread in the Roman Empire from the early 2nd to mid-3rd centuries A.D., especially in the military. The god is usually represented mounting a bull, with the double axe (labrys or bipennis) in his right raised hand, and dressed in the military attire of a Roman general.
