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LOT 0127
Roman Marble Lower Torso
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 in. (9.35 kg total, 26.5 cm including stand).
Statue fragment of the hips, buttocks and thighs of a nude female; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11955-209637.
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LOT 0127
Roman Marble Lower Torso
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Roman Bronze Scallop Shell Attachment Pair
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £667
Each composed of shell-shaped body with a D-shaped lug to reverse, the lug with tapering spike to the centre. 343 grams total, 12.5 cm each
Private collection, Rosenheim, Germany, 1960s.
This pair could have been used as a double key or door lock, based on comparison with some keys from the territory of Gaul (Boucher, 1971, pp.200-201). They comprised a strong ring with polygonal-section stem and a rectangular point. -
Roman 'Midlands' Bronze Decorated Crossbow Brooch
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With onion-knop terminals, carinated bow with linear decoration and a separate collar to the base of the bow; wide footplate with pellet decoration; catch-plate and repaired pin to the reverse. 78.6 grams, 92 mm
Found UK. Acquired from Stonegate Antiques, York, 2008. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Gladiator Mount
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Modelled in the half-round with hollow reverse and fixing stud; gladiator advancing with a gladius short-sword drawn in right hand, holding a rectangular shield (scutum) and wearing greaves (ocreae); the arm protected by an armoured manica. 48 grams, 62 mm
From the French collection of M Garcia, 1990s.
The gladiator represented here belongs to the class of the scutarii (wearers of big shields) of the familia of the secutor or provocatores. The secutor was the chronological evolution of samnite gladiators. The title of secutor appears historically only in the imperial era and is closely linked to the title of contraretiarius, the retiarius being his true and only opponent. The secutor's armament consisted of the gladius and a large shield, a short ocrea on the left leg and a padded or armoured sleeve with chiroteca to protect his arm and hand.
