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LOT 0169
Roman Gold Earring Pairs
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 5/8 - 2 in. (16.97 grams total, 42-50 mm).
Two pairs of earrings with decoratively twisted hoops, domed plaques and pyramid bulbs embellished with granule clusters; one pair with gold wire spirals to the plaques. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired between 1950-1970s.
Ex Swiss private collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 08.251.5, .6, for a broadly similar earring.
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LOT 0169
Roman Gold Earring Pairs
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Roman Bronze-Handled Key with Panther
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
The bronze handle modelled as the forequarters of a panther leaping from a crown of fronds, with stylised facial detailing; iron stem, bit and wards. 74 grams, 77 mm
Acquired on the German art market around 2000s. From the collection of an EU gentleman living in the UK. -
Roman Bronze Fitting Group
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: a substantial key handle with baluster and 'X' ornament; knife pommel; clothing studs; fragmentary pins with decorative heads. 137 grams total, 18-92 mm
Ex Axel Guttman collection. Acquired on the UK art market. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. -
Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Satyr's Ear
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Probably from a colossal statue of Silenus or a satyr, detailed and naturalistic rendering of a left ear, conical shape with accurate depiction of the internal hair. 767 grams, 18.5 cm
Acquired in Europe before 1995. Private collection, Europe.
In the mythology of ancient Greece and in the Graeco-Roman literary world, satyrs were a community of beings who lived mostly in woods, surrounded by nature, and often together with nymphs. In the most ancient period they were imagined by the Greeks like Sileni, in human form, but with the ears, tail and sometimes hooves of horses. Seilenoi were depicted as fat, elderly, white-haired men, with snub noses, balding heads, and the ears and tails of asses. They were sometimes covered in fluffy white hair and occasionally sported a pair of ox horns.
