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LOT 0834
Roman Bronze Silenus Mount
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (31.5 grams, 36 mm).
Mask of Silenus modelled in the half-round with curly hair and luxuriant beard; hollow to the reverse.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0834
Roman Bronze Silenus Mount
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
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The function of Roman vessels is not always precise, as well as the separation between culinary forms and forms for domestic use, those of the kitchen and those of the table. Many bronzes belonged to table service (like perhaps this splendidly preserved example), others to objects of usual worship (patera) or washing, while basins, plates and crockery found their place above all in the kitchen.
