A GALLO-ROMAN GILT BRONZE MERCURY

Lot 47
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Lot 47 | A GALLO-ROMAN GILT BRONZE MERCURY
Valeur estimée
£ 80 000 – 120 000
A GALLO-ROMAN GILT BRONZE MERCURY

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

8 1⁄4 in. (21 cm.) high





Provenance

Reputedly found near the city of Bavay, Hauts-de-France, circa 1870.

Charles Delaporte (1878-1974), France, acquired in 1912; thence by continuous descent within the family.

Archéologie, Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 1 December 2011, lot 402.

Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

Antiques Trade Gazette, Issue 2021, 24 & 31 December 2011, p. 31.

D. Ekserdjian (ed.), Bronze, London, 2012, pp. 138-139 and 261, no. 43.

M. Merrony, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, La Collection Famille Levett, Mougins, 2012, p. 61.

Minerva, vol. 23, no. 5, September/October 2012, ill. front cover.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Bronze, 15 September - 9 December 2012.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA782).
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