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LOT 0135
Roman Marble Figure of a Dancing Pan
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (9 1/2 in.) (1.4 kg total, 16.5 cm high (24 cm high including stand)).
Modelled in the round, comprising the lower torso and the goat-legs in vigorous motion, the left raised and bent, right leg straight with the genitals leaning against the length of the thigh, stub of the tail to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Jan Onderdijk, Belgium, before 1980.
Acquired by Mr J.R. an antiquarian in the late 1980s.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12022-213655.
See Reinach, S., Répertoire de la statuaire Grecque et Romaine, Paris, 1897, p.69, item 1, for Pan in similar pose, and 58, no.5, for images of a satyr in similar position; Arbeid, B. ‘Gruppo di Pan e Dafni’ in Romualdi, A. (ed.), Studi e restauri. I Marmi antichi della Galleria degli Uffizi, II, Firenze, 2007, pp.154-161.
FootnotesStatues of satyrs, relaxing, dancing, and pursuing nymphs proliferated during the third century B.C., as the cult of Dionysus, god of wine and the pleasures it bestows, grew in importance. The Romans appreciated portrayals of Satyrs and Silens, and borrowed them from Greek art, the god Pan being one of the favourite subjects. This statuette is probably a Roman copy from a Hellenistic original, similar to the specimen from the Garimberti collection, where the god, with the left leg firmly planted on the ground and the other leg raised, is carrying a basket of flowers and fruit on his back.
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Life-Size Roman Marble Lower Torso
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £9,850
Modelled in the round in cream-coloured marble; the hips and right leg of a slender male standing beside a column with the lower part of an animal at the base; the figure modelled with narrow hips and waist in contrapposto stance, genitals removed, muscular leg with slender ankle; adjacent column with remains of a branch or spur at the top, developing to a flared base with a crouching hare or rabbit; mounted on a custom-made stand. 101.4 kg total, 99 cm including stand
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12088-213904.
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Roman Gold Glass Bead Necklace
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
Comprising mainly gold-in-glass oblate beads and later spherical gold beads. 24 grams, 51 cm
From a private London, UK, collection. -
Roman Buffware Oil Lamp with Gladiator
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mould made, solid round handle with two circles, flat shoulder with a shallow row of ovolo motifs, separated from the discus by two shallow circular grooves; side central filling-hole and small air hole on the lower field of discus, decorated with a gladiator raising his right hand; heart-shaped nozzle, base-ring marked by radiating lines. 97 grams, 10.5 cm
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.
The lamp seems to belong to the Bussiere form DX1, maybe variant a and c. This form groups together lamps with a plain shoulder and a heart-shaped nozzle. In an early variant, D IX 1, the upper curves of the ‘heart’ are nearly on a horizontal level. This is the case for all the African and Italic examples in the Getty collection. Scenes of circus and gladiators are very popular.
