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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
FIVE ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
FIVE ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Including two plaques with facing lion heads, each baring its teeth, a bronze ring, not original to the piece, attached and now framing each head; a seated draped Isis, wearing a tunic under a mantle and a solar disk headdress, her right arm held across her chest, her left missing, her face and hair in silver, perhaps a modern restoration; a stepped rectangular pedestal with ovolo on the upper molding, Lesbian kymation on the lower; and a bird finial, its wings outstretched
5¼ in. (13.3 cm) diameter for the plaques (5)
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Including two plaques with facing lion heads, each baring its teeth, a bronze ring, not original to the piece, attached and now framing each head; a seated draped Isis, wearing a tunic under a mantle and a solar disk headdress, her right arm held across her chest, her left missing, her face and hair in silver, perhaps a modern restoration; a stepped rectangular pedestal with ovolo on the upper molding, Lesbian kymation on the lower; and a bird finial, its wings outstretched
5¼ in. (13.3 cm) diameter for the plaques (5)
Provenance
Antiquities, The Property of the Thétis Foundation and Other Owners, Sotheby's London, 23 May 1991, lot 278 (Isis)
Sale room notice
This lot is being offered not subject to a reserve.