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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 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.
