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LOT 0134
Roman Marble Head of Eros
EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (1.71 kg total, 23 cm high including stand).
With long, curly hair braided over the forehead and top of the head, turned to the left and slightly inclined; round fleshy face with narrow, almond-shaped eyes; possibly from a copy of 'Eros Stringing his Bow' by Lysippos (3rd quarter of the 4th cent. B.C.); mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenancePrivate American collection, circa 1960.
with Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 2006, no.128B.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13538-263101.
Cf. statue of Eros bending his bow, in the British Museum, London, accession no.1812,0615.4.
FootnotesThe original Greek work that may have inspired the Roman sculptors could be a sculpture by the 4th-century B.C. artist Lysippos, who created the cult statues of Eros at Thespiae. Various copies are preserved of this artwork, like the one in the National Museum of Liverpool (2nd century A.D., inv. no.59.148.93) and the one in the Hermitage Museum (inv. no. Гр. 3102 [А 199]).
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LOT 0134
Roman Marble Head of Eros
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,650 (EUR 1,914; USD 2,228) ‡+BP*
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Roman Carnelian Intaglio of a Warrior and Horse in a Later Gold Ring
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D. and laterEstimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £700
Engraved with a standing male figure wearing a pointed cap and holding a long upright spear beside a horse, the horse with its head turned back and one foreleg raised; both figures standing upon a ground line; set in a later gold ring with a plain oval bezel, divided shoulders and a slender hoop. 2.43 grams, 20.04 mm overall, 17.19 x 16.57 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The combination of the cap, spear, drapery and horse supports identification as one of the Dioscuri, Castor or Pollux. The same combination of attributes appears in Roman representations of a Dioscurus, including an example in the London Museum. -
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Large Roman 'AMATOR' Bronze Prancing Horse Statue
3rd century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £2,000
Modelled in the round with an elongated neck, right foreleg raised, head turned slightly to the right with open mouth wearing a bridle, short mane and tail with ribbed engraved decoration, inscription 'AMATOR' next to a branch; lower parts of three legs absent. 376 grams, 11.1 cm
Found Norfolk, UK. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. 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 no.13549-262542.
Romans frequently used 'amator' combined with a noun to show a deep dedication to a particular craft or lifestyle. On a freestanding bronze horse statue, it could be a self-dedication by the person who commissioned it. Alternatively, 'amator' could be the name of the person who owned the statue or a demonstration of dedication to a specific horse or craft of horse-breeding. -
Late Roman Military Belt Buckle Plate
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Buckle counter-plate decorated in late Roman military style with central panel of scrolls with guilloche bands and billeting, triangular extension to rear edge with triskele within a guilloche border and hare-and-hounds motif to the edge; rolled rim to the forward edge and three piercings, one with rivet in situ. 47 grams, 73 mm
Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
