Choose Category:

Home > Auctions > 3rd September 2019 > Roman Statuette of a Galloping Horse

Print page | Email lot to a friend

Back to previous page


Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge
Gallery loading...

LOT 1195

Estimate
GBP (£) 1,500 - 2,000
EUR (€) 1,780 - 2,370
USD ($) 1,930 - 2,570

ROMAN STATUETTE OF A GALLOPING HORSE
1ST-2ND CENTURY AD
5 1/4" (425 grams total, 13.5cm including stand).

A substantial bronze statuette of a horse, head turned to the left, bridle and harness; legs bent in the act of galloping; mounted on a custom-made stand.

PROVENANCE:
From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s.

CONDITION