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LOT 0625
Roman Bronze Seated Panther Statuette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (38.7 grams, 37 mm wide).
Modelled in the round with naturalistic detailing to the head and face, sitting with head turned slightly to the left.
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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Roman Period Child's Bronze Ring with Fylfot
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The gammadion motif to the oval bezel, set against an enamelled field; the small hoop with a break. 1.75 grams, 14.14 mm overall, 10.02 mm internal diameter
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Roman and Later Bronze Artefact Group
3rd-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising various figures and mounts including: a sheep, a fly, a peacock, an anthropomorphic head, a mount with a lying feline and a crouching figure. 94 grams total, 18-40 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
In the art of late antiquity and early Christianity, during the Christian Middle Ages to the present, peacock held a prominent place, not only as a decorative motif, but also as a distinctive emblematic and symbolic sign. Its image was usually combined with a kantharos or a tree of life. Individually or in pairs, it was usually represented on places which were the ones closest to the holiest part of churches (altar’s parapet wall panels). Votive statuettes were brought in the church by the believers. -
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3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
With facetted shank and fluted shoulders, rectangular bezel with outer bands and central plaque bearing two lines of impressed points. 5.97 grams, 23.03 mm overall, 16.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
