BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
Byzantine Empire, 5th - 6th Century AD
Cast bronze, the outside rim of the bowl incised with two lines pattern, three loops on the rim joined to suspension chains.
The use of censers in Christian worship became widespread after the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great. The burning of incense had a central place in Christian ritual and was more important in the eastern than the western liturgy. The censers were hung in various places in the church...
An elegant large and important bronze oil lamp, c. 1st-2nd. Century AD.
The cast lamp with foot-ring, pear-shaped body and spreading nozzle, the handle terminating in a finely cast head of a horse with slightly open mouthThe circular hole in the nozzle holds the wick. Interestingly, BMC has an almost identical style lamp, reportedly found at Qasr Ibrim, an important archaeological site in Lower Nubia, in the south of modern-day Egypt, which was then part of the Roman empire...
BRONZE FIGURE OF SLEEPING EROS "CUPID"
ROMAN, 1st - 3rd Century AD
A Sculpture Dreaming About Love
The subject is a young boy, who’s been out shooting arrows all day, and he’s fallen asleep.
The arrows have golden tips … that aren’t deadly as much as powerful. Supposedly they cause victims to suddenly be overcome with feelings of love. Greek bronze figure of sleeping Eros
God of love and son of Aphrodite, was a popular subject for small or silver statuettes...
An large and exceptional bronze oil lamp with handle in shape of a leaf and pyramid-shaped, pierced lid. Byzantine, 5th - 6th century A.D.
The lamp is finely engraved and well built. A substantial and very elegant bronze lap with beautifully patinated surfaces. Interestingly, an openwork lid was chosen for it in antiquity, perhaps since it became to hot with a closed tight lid, due to the large size and construction.
Size: c. 16,5 cm. long and 6,4 cm. tall...
Lovely bronze figure of Hercules in a typical youthful Etruscan style with no beard, Late Etruscan or Gallo-Etruscan, c. 4th.-2nd. century BC.
Herakles, the mythological hero, is depicted standing in contrapposto, his weight resting on his right leg while his left leg is slightly bent...
Probably a handle for a chest or a door. In the form of the face of a lion depicted in high relief, holding a ring in the gaping jaws, with protruding tongue, incised whiskers and fur, and radiating mane. Mounted. From an old New Jersey collection. Purchased on the NY art market in the early 1980s.
Authentic, ancient, cast bronze Etruscan hand mirror. It dates back to Etruria (Italy) around 350-200 BC and is in a typical Etruscan form with a tapered stem handle. It is shaped like a circular disc with a slight concave on the reverse and has a pronounced two-stage lip engraved in concentric circles. The lip is also incised with a continuous groove around the rim and adorned with an engraved lobed rosette in the form of a flower head...
Ancient Roman Large Bronze Lion Head Handle Circa 2nd Century AD
Authentic ancient Roman large bronze lion head handle circa 2nd century A.D. Circular in form and cast in high relief, holding a fluted bronze ring within its gaping jaw, teeth bared, the mane rendered in a radiating series of short locks and the face with incised detail.
Pierced with three attachment holes on the perimeter, with remains of the original iron rivets...
This is a very high quality casting, depicting Silenus, dating to the 1st-3rd century AD. A substantial casting with very fine detailing and hand-chasing. The handle measures just under 5-1/2" in height and is 3" at its widest. This would most likely have been the handle to an important vessel used during Bacchic (Dionysiac) revels. This is a heavy, substantial piece of very high quality.
Roman bronze eagle standing with outspread wings on the head of an antelope. The eagle is modeled in the round, tail and wing feathers are engraved. The head of the prey is worked as an attachment.
The eagle on the antelope head is associated to the worship of Jupiter Dolichenus, whose syncretic mystery cult was widespread among Roman soldiers since the time of Vespasian.
Publication record: Sonderliste V, December 1985 sale catalogue, lot no. 40...
ROMAN LION HEAD BRONZE ROUNDEL
ROMAN PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Roman bronze lion head roundel in high relief, mouth grips a ring
Dated from the 200 – 300 AD
Measurements:
Height: 5.2 cm
Width 4.8 cm
Height on stand: 10 cm
Condition: Intact with natural patina
Mounted on a custom made plexi-glass display stand
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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A very well cast and finely detailed bronze applique, circa the 2nd Century AD. In excellent condition, with clear facial features. The piece is 2" in width and 1-3/4" in height. Beautiful, original patina.
The Eros child emerging from a flower, showing very expressive features such as an exaggeratedly long fore and upper head. Small hole on the chest for attachment.
Bronze
Roman, 2nd/3rd century AD
H. 3.8 cm (1.5 in)
H. with stand 5.2 cm (2 in)
High quality bronze with superb patina.
Ex Swiss private collection.
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An ancient Roman bronze leg from a large bronze vessel, depicting a feline, with short mane, mouth agape and with ferocious expression. 1 5/8 inches high. Purchased on the New York art market. Said to be from an old Dutch collection.
Ancient Roman vessel attachment, depicting a finely detailed figure of a lady, wearing an elaborate headdress, the shape of her breast protruding from her well-defined garment and her right hand playing the well-defined lyre. 1st/3rd Century AD. From a NYC private collection.
Rare amuletic pendant in the form of a herm with youthful bust to the top...
Pair of interesting and rare heavy bronze dishes, perhaps also functioning as weights, Roman 1st.-3rd. century AD.
With lovely brown and green patina and decorated with perfect concenthric circles. The largest weight 166,48 grams and the smaller 139,50 grams!
Size: 66 mm. and 64 mm. in diameter.
Ex Bavarian private collection, Germany between 1974-2015.
A wonderful lot of 8 fibulas, incl. two of silver, Roman to Merovingian period, c. 1st.- 6th. cent. AD.
Roman Imperial, 1st.-4th. century AD: Two cloverleaf fibulae with punched decoration (length 2,5cm), a fibula in openwork technique (length 3,2cm),
axe fibula (length 4,7cm), a Pelte fibula (length 2,8cm), a fibula with a semicircular head plate and five roundels (length 6,3cm,
Merovingian period, 5th - 6th century AD), a bow fibula with rectangular base plate (length 2,7cm, inta...