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THBRoman Bronze Pitcher Abstract Bull Handle
Lot 33a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A beautiful copper alloy oinochoe (pouring vessel) with a protruding circular base, a spherical body with a tapered shoulder, a narrow neck with a petite carination beneath an ovoid pouring spout, and an arching handle decorated with dense sections of stippling. The top of the handle features an abstract bull with a slender body, a narrow neck, forelegs that splay out on either side of the spout, and a reared head boasting a pair of crescent-shaped horns. The bottom of the handle exhibits a stylized lion head with petite eyes and puffy jowls, its shaggy mane radiating out from all sides, and its open mouth revealing a bifurcated tongue. Oinochoai like this example were used for pouring liquids like oils for perfumes or cooking, and a brass vessel would have been owned by a wealthy Roman family. Lustrous green and brown patina envelops the entire composition. Size: 2.875" W x 4.875" H (7.3 cm x 12.4 cm).
For a stylistically similar example with primarily leonine motifs, please see The J. Paul Getty Museum, object number 72.AC.146.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Richard Wagner collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, collected in the 1960s
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#149967Professional repairs to areas of handle, bull horns, and spout rim, with resurfacing and light overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and encrustations to body and handle, with softening to some finer details. Light earthen deposits and wonderful patina throughout.Condition
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