Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 41*
A Roman bronze lidded amphoriskos
6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Anna Marston
Associate Specialist
A Roman bronze lidded amphoriskos
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The baluster-shaped body with short neck and collar rim, the spurred handles with palmettes at the shoulder, with a suspension loop at the top of each handle with linked chain rising to a central attachment ring, the lid attached to the same ring with a further suspension chain, concentric rings cast beneath the foot, the body 11.4cm high
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The baluster-shaped body with short neck and collar rim, the spurred handles with palmettes at the shoulder, with a suspension loop at the top of each handle with linked chain rising to a central attachment ring, the lid attached to the same ring with a further suspension chain, concentric rings cast beneath the foot, the body 11.4cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 131.
Private collection, USA, acquired at the above sale.