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LOT 0771
Roman Bronze Standing Cockerel Statuette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (9.6 grams, 22 mm high).
Free standing and modelled in the round with feather detailing.
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 Carnelian Gemstone with Horse and Cavalry Man
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Opening Bid: £333
The rounded intaglio with a horseman, helmetted or wearing a causia, with flying cloak, riding towards left. 0.27 grams, 9 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
The cap (kausia) was typical of Hellenistic military dress and had been worn by cavalrymen since Alexander’s campaigns of the 4th century BC. The gemstone could represent an Italic cavalrymen, a socius (ally) of the Roman army. Another possibility is that the gemstone follows Etruscan influence, like the example in the British Museum, accession no. 1872,0604.156. The kausia cap had also its metallic counterpart, worn by the Tarentine cavalrymen of the Hellenistic period. -
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Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.
