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LOT 0151
Roman Bronze Three-Dimensional Vessel Mount
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (286 grams, 13.8 cm).
Comprising a plaque of three conjoined lobes with segmented border; at the top, a loop with segmented rim; vignette with a nude male with shoulder-length hair embracing a taller bearded figure with kilt and mantle to left shoulder (Hercules?); below, a satyr with horns and goat's legs beset by hunting dogs.
Provenance
Acquired in 1992.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12865-241702.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Coombe, P., Henig, M., The Glouchester Hoard of Roman Bronze, Cambridge, 2020, fig.14d, for a similar mount with basic shape.
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LOT 0151
Roman Bronze Three-Dimensional Vessel Mount
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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