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LOT 1710
Romano-Celtic Bronze Ring with Standing Lion
1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.00 grams, 25.02 mm overall, 21.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
D-section hoop and discoid bezel with incuse image of a stylised lion facing right. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Henkel, F., Die Romische Fingerringe der Rheinlande, Berlin, 1913, items 1003-1006, pl.XXXIX, for the type.
FootnotesThe ring belongs to the category where the bezel and the ring’s platform merge together, forming a round plate. The round bezel is often decorated with an animal figure.
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Celtic Bronze Chariot Mount
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An openwork spoked wheel-type mount with attachment studs on the reverse. 60 grams, 66 mm
Found Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. -
Celtic Bronze God Cauldron Mount
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Modelled in the half-round as a male bust with serpent headdress and torc; the hair depicted with a braided outer band framing the face and terminating at the jawline; the brow broad and heavy with raised eyebrows and sunken eye-sockets, narrow nose and small flat mouth; fleshy cheeks and chin; the slender neck with V-shaped collar or torc; the shoulders and chest with a slot to the lower edge to accept a gerrous insert; at the apex a S-curved crest extending to the rear and terminating in a narrow loop. 51.28 grams, 47 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman.
The format, workmanship and proportions of the piece recall a number of Gallic images of Iron Age date. The slanting eye sockets below a heavy brow appear, for example, on the idol from Neuvy Pailloux (Boucher, item 47), as does the collar with a centrepiece below the chin on the same item. The thick band of hair appears on a bronze figurine from Neuvy-en-Sullias (Boucher, item 55) and several others (e.g. items 56, 71), but its placement and curvature also suggest a ram's horns. The curved crest may represent a serpent, or more likely the neck of a swan or goose, as seen in a figure of Mars from Chaudon (Rolland, item 24; Boucher, item 69). The likely function of the piece is difficult to determine since it is too short to form an effective handle or hilt for a dagger, yet the width of the slot (about 1.mm) suggests that it was meant to accept a thin iron sheet. It is possible that the piece was intended to be a decorative mount for the rim of a bowl or cauldron. -
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French Celtic Bronze Neck Torc
Iron Age, 4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Round-section collar with La Tène scrolls and bosses to the upper face, bulbs flanking the centrepiece of three discoid cells with inset glass segmented bosses, each surmounted by a domed stud; bosses replaced; handwritten note by Philippe Chauchoy stating 'Torque celtique en bronze garanti authentique, avec cabochons refaits - Fin du IVe-début IIIe siècle av[ant] J.C.' 149 grams, 15.4 cm
Ex Philippe Chauchoy, Amiens, Northern France, 1994. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. Accompanied by an original handwritten and signed information card from Philippe Chauchoy, dated 6th June 1994.
