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Roman bronze oinochoe with silver inlaid handle 1st century BC – 1st century AD
Price realized:
2.800,00 GBP
Bids:
3
Bids
Lot status:
Auction closed
Description
Roman bronze oinochoe with silver inlaid handle
1st century BC – 1st century AD; height cm 22 (9’’); With an ovoid body on a high flaring foot, lathe turned concentric circles on the underside, a fillet at the base of the tapering cylindrical neck, with a wide beaked spout, the high arching handle with acanthus silver leaves along its length, terminating below in a bust of a young winged child, probably Eros, the upper handle plate in the form of a griffin protome with the forelegs joined to the edge of the vessel rim.
Restoration between the body and the handle.
PROVENANCE:
Ex M.D.H. collection (London), acquired in 1971.
1st century BC – 1st century AD; height cm 22 (9’’); With an ovoid body on a high flaring foot, lathe turned concentric circles on the underside, a fillet at the base of the tapering cylindrical neck, with a wide beaked spout, the high arching handle with acanthus silver leaves along its length, terminating below in a bust of a young winged child, probably Eros, the upper handle plate in the form of a griffin protome with the forelegs joined to the edge of the vessel rim.
Restoration between the body and the handle.
PROVENANCE:
Ex M.D.H. collection (London), acquired in 1971.
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