Romano-Celtic Bronze Statuette of a God on horseback

With broad mouth, applied D-section handle and flattened foot, integra bands of vertical corrugation and S-scrolls to the equator. 22.9 grams, 83 mm



Acquired on the UK art market, 1990s. Private collection, New York, USA.

Showing a New Comedy, 'Cook' type theatre mask with an open mouth; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.07 grams, 13 mm



Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.

Miniature models of theatrical masks were produced in great quantity in the ancient world, and they could be linked with the Dionysiac mysteries, in association with funeral rites, illustrating the Dionysiac thiasos, the orgiastic world of Satyrs and Maenads. However they can also be miniatures models of masks stylistically and technically very homogeneous, linked with the highbrow Sophoclean and Euripidean tragedy, or with so-called Middle Comedy.

Plano-convex type with incuse design to the underside of a bird advancing on a baseline, head turned to the rear with a tendril in its beak; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.06 grams, 14 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.