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LOT 0113
Roman Bronze Statuette of Isis Fortuna
2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (287 grams total, 15.4 cm high including stand).
Modelled standing erect wearing a floor-length peplos-style robe and palla draped above, gathered and secured at the waist; diadem to the hair dressed in a chignon and with a trumpet-shaped modius above, the left arm supporting a cornucopia; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Boucher, S., Recherches sur les Bronzes Figurés de Gaule Pré-Romaine et Romaine, Rome, 1976, items 257, 259, 263, for type.
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Roman Bronze Statuette of a Warrior-Hero
2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £18,000 - 24,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
Modelled in the round standing erect with right hand on his hip and left arm extending from the elbow resting on the left hip and with fingers curled to hold a staff or handle, wearing a loosely draped cloth over the left shoulder and drawn around the body to hang over the arms; ribbed cuffs to the boots; youthful face with tousled hair and slightly exaggerated lentoid eyes; C-shaped staple beneath the feet for attachment; supplied with a custom-made display stand. 506 grams total, 18.7 cm including stand
with Sotheby’s, Antiquities, London, 6 July 1995, no.130. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12194-222321.
The statue was probably a cult offering and presents an archaic Etruscan hairstyle, being part of the Italic statuettes produced as votive offering to the temples or for private lararia. His warrior status can be confirmed by his boots, typical of Etruscan and Latin warriors of archaic times. -
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Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Erotic Scene
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
With broad discus and short nozzle, low-relief scene with two lovers on a bed. 66 grams, 85 mm
From a London collection of erotica, formerly in the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Roman Ceramic Oil Lamp with Reflector
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Shallow discus with concentric circles and a raised pellets, a lug on each side of the nozzle; triangular reflector with foliate; concentric circles to the base; repaired. 90 grams, 11.9 cm
Ex Mothersole collection, Scotland, 1970s.
