Lot Essay
Cf. Late Egyptian and Coptic Art, The Brooklyn Museum, 1974, p. 19, pl. 29 for a close parallel; this type of altar was common to Egypt and the Near East.
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A Roman bronze miniature horned altar
2nd-3rd Century A.D.
The upper flaring corners terminating in spherical knobs, with hollow columned stem and stepped quadruped base, with traces of a punched dotted Greek inscription on three sides of the upper body
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
2nd-3rd Century A.D.
The upper flaring corners terminating in spherical knobs, with hollow columned stem and stepped quadruped base, with traces of a punched dotted Greek inscription on three sides of the upper body
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high