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LOT 0754
Roman Equine Protome
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (55 grams, 57 mm).
A bronze zoomorphic equine protome formed as the forequarters of a galloping horse, with a round-section body and semi-naturalistic detailing to the head and mane; perforation to the upper edge of the body for attachment.
ProvenanceFound UK.
Acquired in the 1970s, Yorkshire, UK.
Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, gentleman.
See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques De Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 400-401, for comparable examples.
FootnotesThe bronze equine protome belongs to a well-known category of objects used to fasten caskets or furniture with animal protomes, especially panthers and horses, animals connected to the procession of the god Dionysus.
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