A ROMAN BRONZE FULCRUM TERMINAL

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE FULCRUM TERMINAL
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Cast in the form of a mule protome in high relief, its head sharply turned to its right, the dynamic face with articulated wide eyes and nostrils and slightly parted lips, adorned with ivy vine with large leaves and berries around the head and above the eyes, a wide fillet falling over the long ears and a pelt belted around the neck with an overfold, originally inlaid, with a bell hanging from a chord over the mane on the elongated neck, the lower end curved
6 in. (15.1 cm.) long

Provenance

Private Collection, Connecticut, acquired in the 1980s.

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Lot Essay

Fulcra, or head boards, were commonly decorated with animal heads, and the choice of mules was especially popular for this subject. For similar mule protome fulcra see pl. III in Strong and Brown, ed., Roman Craft; and no. 147, p. 142 in Mitten and Doeringer, Master Bronzes from the Classical World.

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