Loading, please wait...
LOT 0138
Roman Bronze Statuette of Mars on Horseback
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (80.1 grams total, 68 mm including stand).
Wearing a crested helmet, cloak, bloused tunic and braccae, the god bestriding his mount with right arm raised and hand open to support a spear; 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, item 354, for type.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Roman Glass Toilet Bottle
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With globular body, short everted rim and cylindrical neck, concave base. 73 grams, 10 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
The bottle should be associated with Isings form 6 or Tommaso type 7. Small bottles of this typology are among the earliest known blown glass. The everted rim seems to distinguish examples made in Italy and the western Mediterranean provinces from those of the Eastern Mediterranean, on which the rim is usually folded in the form of a flange. -
Roman Terracotta Roof Tile with Dog's Paw Print
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Fragment of flat-section tegula roof tile, with impressed paw-print from a dog walking on the tile while still wet. 137 grams, 10 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. -
Roman Bronze Ring with Goddess
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With ellipsoid plaque, incuse image of a robed female in profile holding a cornucopia, possibly Fortuna. 7.05 grams, 21.58 mm overall, 16.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)
Private collection, England.
