3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A HELLENISTIC BRONZE RAM-HEADED PATERA HANDLE
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
The fluted handle with acanthus leaf capital and spreading attachment plate with two curved lobes, the terminal naturalistically modelled as a ram's head with large underslung curling horns and long muzzle; and a bronze strigil, with L-shaped curving blade, the handle decorated with stylized foliate motif, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C.
8 in. (20.2 cm.) and 13 in. (33 cm.) long respectively (2)

Provenance

Wilhelm Horn (1870-1959); acquired from Dr Hartmann in 1938, Cairo, (item one) and from Hoffman, 1935 (item two).

Exhibited

Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974 (item one).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974, pp. 139-140, no. 213, pl. 95 (item one).

See illustration on page 25 for item two.

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