ID 1076552
Lot 34 | A ROMAN TINNED BRASS PARADE SHIELD BOSS
Valeur estimée
$ 40 000 – 60 000
LATE ANTONINE TO EARLY SEVERAN PERIOD, CIRCA 170-230 A.D.
8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Paris, 1996 (Inv. no. AG598/R134).
The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 150.
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 56, Hermann Historica, Munich, 8 October 2008, lot 64.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
H. Born and M. Junkelmann, Römische Kampf- und Turnierrüstungen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, vol. IV, Mainz, 1997, pp. 76-79, 144-146, 166, 198-201, 209-215, figs. 64, 90-91, 121-122, pls. XXIX-XXXI.
R. D’Amato and G. Sumner, Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier, From Marius to Commodus, 112 BC-AD 192, Yorkshire, 2009, pp. 90-91, pl. V, pp. 196-197, pl. 286.
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 260, fig. 63.
P. McDonnell-Staff, "The Legions of Diocletian," Ancient Warfare, vol. IV, no. 5, 2013, p. 23.
R. D’Amato and A.E. Negin, Decorated Roman Armour, From the Age of the Kings to the Death of Justinian, 2017, p. 127, fig. 127d.
"Roman Military Equipment," (online article, romancoins.info).
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA191).
Malibu, The Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1 September 2017-1 October 2020.
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Fer |
| Style artistique: | Art ancien |
| Lieu d'origine: | Italie, Europe, Empire romain |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Art ancien et antiquités, Armure |
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Fer |
| Style artistique: | Art ancien |
| Lieu d'origine: | Italie, Europe, Empire romain |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Art ancien et antiquités, Armure |
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