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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A LATE HELLENISTIC OR ROMAN BRONZE FULCRUM TERMINAL
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
In the form of a goose head, from a couch, the wide fluted neck arching sharply to the right, the head naturalistically modeled, the wide bulging eyes lidded, the nostrils rendered along the concavities of the bill, which is open revealing the inner sheath, feathers rendered in shallow relief on either side of the head
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) long
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
In the form of a goose head, from a couch, the wide fluted neck arching sharply to the right, the head naturalistically modeled, the wide bulging eyes lidded, the nostrils rendered along the concavities of the bill, which is open revealing the inner sheath, feathers rendered in shallow relief on either side of the head
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) long
Provenance
Blumka Gallery, 1958
Greta S. Heckett, Pittsburgh
Ancient Bronzes from the Estate of Greta S. Heckett, Antiquities from the Estate of Fahim Kouchakji and Other Owners, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21 May 1977, lot 63
Greta S. Heckett, Pittsburgh
Ancient Bronzes from the Estate of Greta S. Heckett, Antiquities from the Estate of Fahim Kouchakji and Other Owners, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21 May 1977, lot 63
Literature
Verdier, Ancient Bronzes, a Selection from the Heckett Collection, no. 72.
Exhibited
Carnegie Institute, The Heckett Collection, 5 November 1964-10 January 1965