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LOT 0772
Roman Bronze Traveller Statuette
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (35.8 grams total, 64 mm including stand).
Hollow-formed figure wearing a paenula and with hands extended to support a patera or salver; 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.
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Roman Bronze Standing Figure of Priapus
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £480
Modelled in the round, standing wearing a paenula, his two hands holding up the hem to support a pile of fruits on his erect penis; mounted on a custom-made stand. 31.7 grams total, 63 mm including stand
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. -
Roman Bronze Statue of a Bear Killing a Deer
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
On a stepped triangular base, bear with head raised, forepaws round the neck of a deer with legs folded beneath the body. 398 grams, 10 cm
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996). Private collection of Mr K.A. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12398-226600.
Combat between large animals was a popular theme in Roman art. The staging of such fights in the Flavian Amphitheatre in the heart of Rome is evidenced. Furthermore, the 3rd-4th century A.D. mosaic floor unearthed at Lod, Israel, in 1996 shows several scenes with ferocious wild animal - a lion and lioness, an elephant, a giraffe, a rhinoceros, a tiger, and a wild bull - all arranging themselves for a colossal fight to the death. The mosaic was lifted intact and is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. -
Roman Bronze Dancing Woman Statuette
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Modelled in dynamic pose with her peplos slipping loose from her shoulders and held at her waist by her right hand; head turned and left hand held at the breast; possibly a Maenad; mounted on a custom-made stand. 40.3 grams total, 63 mm including stand
From 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.
Maenads were followers of Dionysus whose rites were characterised by vigorous dancing to loud music and crashing cymbals, in which the revellers whirled and became drunk, and incited each another to greater abandon.
