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LOT 0833
Roman Military Bronze Belt Mount Collection
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 in. (46 grams total, 32-53 mm).
Including La Tène scrolls, rectangular panel with pelta and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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Roman Bronze Mount with Dolphin
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Fragment of a vessel with integral dolphin modelled in the round with hatched fins, pellet eyes, looped tail for attachment of a cord or light chain. 94 grams, 72 mm
Acquired in Europe in 1990. European private collection. -
Roman Bronze Phallic Mount
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Modelled in the round with a discoid base. 26.9 grams, 38 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Roman Bronze Neptune Statuette
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Standing nude with arms raised, legs in advancing pose. 37 grams, 60 mm
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 condition of the statuette does not allow a easy identification of its original characterization, but the position of the body shows a certain affinity with provincial statuettes of the god Neptune, especially produced in Gallo-Roman ateliers. Some statuettes of Sucellus, the Gallic divinity assimilated into the Roman Pantheon as the equivalent of the Dispater, brother of Jupiter, could possibly also bear resemblance with our statuette for the position of the body.
