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LOT 0765
Roman Votive Terracotta Hand Group
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 1/8 in. (23 grams total, 34-53 mm).
Each moulded with finger detailing to one face; or from children's dolls. [4]
ProvenanceEx 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 Dish
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Low dish with flared sidewall and basal ring. 56 grams, 66 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. -
Roman Bronze Mercury Statuette Head
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With winged petasos traveller's headgear and low-relief facial detailing. 13.3 grams, 20 mm
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-Celtic Bronze Statuette of a Warrior Wearing Torc
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Modelled in the round, standing with right leg bent, right arm raised and left extended before the body; with thick tousled hair, exaggerated torc to the neck, jacket with incised vertical lines, tight-fitting trousers and ankle-boots. 53 grams total, 67 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 pose of the figure suggests that he is in the action of brandishing a weapon, or possibly holding the reins of a team of horses pulling a chariot. Caesar mentions the expert use of the war-chariot by the Britons (Conquest of Gaul, IV.33). The padded garment suggests a Celtic auxiliary in the Roman army.
