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LOT 0805
Roman Silver Cockerel Statuette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (2.15 grams, 14 mm high).
Modelled in the round with naturalistic detailing, head turned to the left, standing on an irregular base.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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LOT 0805
Roman Silver Cockerel Statuette
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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Roman and Later Artefact Group
1st-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising complete and fragmentary artefacts: a glass cameo; seal; implements; strap ends; mounting studs; brooches; weights; buckles; pendants; together with other miscellaneous artefacts. 498 grams total, 0.8-13.3 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
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Large Roman Bronze Staff Finial with Bust of Serapis
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £80,000 - 100,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40,000
With luxuriant long wavy hair and characteristic vertical locks at the forehead, full beard with two large ringlets below the chin, wearing a chiton and a himation draped over the left shoulder, the head surmounted by a corn modius decorated with olive branch in relief, the bust supported on the back of an eagle standing atop an orb with spread wings, the eagle with its head slightly turned to the left, the feathers finely detailed; a finial from a staff or a ceremonial standard. 1.4 kg, 29.5 cm high
Repaired.
Ex private collection, South Germany, 1980. with Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 13 December 2003, lot 74. with Christie's, New York, 8 June 2012, lot 239. 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.11789-206489.
The Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.) modelled many of his portraits based on Serapis. But it was under Hadrian that the refurbishment of the statue in the Serapeum increased the demand for small-scale images, like this one, probably made during his reign and used atop of a processional sceptre or standard for the cult of the god. -
Roman Green Glass Bottle
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Squat bodied with a slender tubular neck and everted rim; iridescent surfaces. 13.34 grams, 54 mm high
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
