ID 1303113
Lot 39 | A ROMAN BRONZE SHIP FITTING WITH A BUST OF ARIADNE
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Archéologie, François de Ricqlès, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 8 December 1995, lot 39 bis.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, acquired from the above.
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired from the above, 1996.
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 58, Hermann Historica, Munich, 7 October 2009, lot 208.
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art.
Literature
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 249, fig. 44.
K. Schörle, ed., L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, Arles, 2018, p. 106, no. 50.
J. Coulston, "The Power and the Glory", Minerva, March-April 2019, p. 10, fig. 10.
Exhibited
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA443).
Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique, L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, 15 December 2018-22 April 2019.
Sale room notice
Please note updated provenance:
Archéologie, François de Ricqlès, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 8 December 1995, lot 39 bis.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, acquired from the above.
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired from the above, 2006.
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Auktion 58, Hermann Historica, Munich, 7 October 2009, lot 208.
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art.
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze |
Art style: | Ancient Art |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze |
Art style: | Ancient Art |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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