BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
A ROMAN BRONZE HORSE HEAD WATERSPOUT, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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July 9, 01:23 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
A ROMAN BRONZE HORSE HEAD WATERSPOUT, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
with spouted mouth, flaring nostrils, centrally-parted wavy mane, and wearing a collar wound multiple times around the neck and decorated with circular and crescentic ornaments; the back terminating in a broad flange.
Length 19 cm.
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property from a deceased estate, Paris (Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, AuctionArt - Rémy le Fur & Associés, November 18th, 2019, no. 107, illus.)
For closely related examples smaller in size see E. Babelon and J.-A. Blanchet, Catalogue des bronzes antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, 1895, p. 477, nos. 1153 and 1154 (http://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c33gb16n0f, http://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c33gb16n1r).
Also see Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, May 21st, 1941, no. 105, pl. 3 (https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/fischer1941_05_21/0045/image).