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LOT 0634
Roman Silver Votive Figure of the God Mercury
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (4.7 grams, 29 mm).
Modelled in the round, wearing a tightly-wrapped toga, his left arm bent and hand gripping the marsupium bag of coins; with full beard and hair parted neatly at the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Roman Bronze Bust of a Woman
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Opening Bid: £100
Modelled in the round with stephane to the hair, peplos dress with undertunic; mounting lug to reverse. 140 grams, 60 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Fly Weight
4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With bulbous head, triangular body flanked by ribbed wings, hollow to reverse. 1.8 grams, 20 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Statuette of Mercury
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Standing erect with right hand extended sideways, left arm hanging at his side supporting a caduceus; mounted on a custom-made stand. 48 grams total, 89 mm including stand
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.
Although the statuette seems have been realised in a provincial Gallo-Roman workshop, as demonstrated by the inequality of the treatment of the anatomical dimensions, the movement of the body and head positioned to the right, derive from models of the Alexandrian type.
