Lot 954

Description

Flat bottom with turning grooves and centring hole on the bottom. The belly conical at the lower part and rounded above with a gentle break, tapering towards the shoulder. Above, a pronounced break to the spool-shaped neck, marked by a groove. The neck closed at the top by a wide, horizontal border with an acute-angled outer edge and a slightly overhanging inner rim. On the border and the upper section of the belly a separately cast, strap-shaped handle drawn upwards and outwards, joined to the guard by soldering; at the top on the bottom by two forked prongs along the rear border, at the bottom on the bottom by a broad, figurally decorated attache. The attache in the shape of a theater mask in half-relief with a palmette below the chin and a Phrygian cap above the medium-length hair. Above, on the handle in relief a syrinx and a further theater mask. At the top in the centre of the handle a notched band, and above the mouth a fully sculptured head, with an incised palmette in between. The surface of the guard predominantly with mottled, red-brown cuprite layer, the handle with dark green Patina. Minor oxide deposits and tiny corrosions, otherwise intact. Charming Roman bronze guard without damage or missing parts. Height 12.5 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!

Provenance: Acquired from the German art market in the summer of 2026. Previously in a private Bavarian collection. Acquired for the collection in 2002 from Galerie Athena, Munich.

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