Artemide Aste s.r.l.
Wunderkammer - Antiquities 4 19-20 March 2016
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Roman bronze chariot fitting.
3rd century AD.
In the form of busts of a youth depicted with the characteristic features of Alexander the Great, the heads slightly turned, their torso frontal, undulating tufts of hair, cascading down the size of their oval face and muscular necks and covering both ears, the facial features articulated with wide eyes and incised pupils, both nude busts wearing a strap over the shoulder and across the chest and terminating in sword hilts, a hollowed and rectangular extension behind, pierced vertically with iron nails for attachment.
11.5 cm high.
Dark green patina with spots of cuprite deposits.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna; acquired from Dr. Alexander Atanasov, Münich 1980.
3rd century AD.
In the form of busts of a youth depicted with the characteristic features of Alexander the Great, the heads slightly turned, their torso frontal, undulating tufts of hair, cascading down the size of their oval face and muscular necks and covering both ears, the facial features articulated with wide eyes and incised pupils, both nude busts wearing a strap over the shoulder and across the chest and terminating in sword hilts, a hollowed and rectangular extension behind, pierced vertically with iron nails for attachment.
11.5 cm high.
Dark green patina with spots of cuprite deposits.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna; acquired from Dr. Alexander Atanasov, Münich 1980.