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LOT 0635
Roman Bronze Phallic Pendant
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (8.61 grams, 35 mm).
With large suspension loop, curved shank and leaf-shaped finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market around 2000.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 759, for type.
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Roman Bronze Ring with Bird
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Roman Bronze Plaque with Eros on Lion
Circa 2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Modelled in relief with openwork elements, stylised detailing to both figures; hollow reverse. 182 grams, 10.2 cm high
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Hollow cast bronze images of Eros riding a lion are linked to the Eastern Levant and have been found for example in Tamna, probably a Roman import. The importance of the long-distance contacts within the Eastern Mediterranean areas was rapidly reflected in provincial artistic styles, probably as soon as in Hellenistic times, at the beginning of the third century B.C., possibly even earlier. The unquestionable Greek influence led a number of scholars to define three main styles for the bronzes discovered in the eastern Roman provinces: a local type and iconography locally produced, Greek or Roman imports, and Oriental, Hellenistic, or Roman style, locally produced.
