Lot 974

Description

1-4) Handles and fittings from Roman vessels: 1) Sleeping Eros with crossed legs above a theater mask. The back leaning backwards; the left arm, over which a garment is draped, extended horizontally, resting on a “support” (e.g. vessel border); the right arm bent with the head resting on the hand. Beautiful olive-green Patina. Charming motif. Height 8.1 cm. 2) Long fragment of a strap handle, at the lower end an attachment in the shape of a finely worked Medusa head. The eyes originally inlaid in silver, remains preserved. Above the Medusa head an inlaid horizontal silver band. Beautiful dark, almost black Patina. Length 13.5 cm. 3) Handle of a jug. At the top with forked prongs soldered to the border, and a upward-curved parade leaf serving as a thumb rest. At the bottom a leaf-shaped attachment. Length 12.4 cm. 4) Handle with ring attachment, with on one side the tail fin of an S-shaped dolphin with open mouth, pectoral fins and dorsal fins. Green Patina. Length 12.5 cm. 5) Curved foot from a small vessel. In the upper part a lion's head, at the bottom a feline paw. Olive-green Patina. Length 6.5 cm. 6-7) Two hasp closures for wooden caskets, one narrow, the other wide. Length 8.5 cm and 8.7 cm. 8) Fitting in the shape of a small head with Phrygian cap. Hollow worked with rivet on the reverse. Height 2.3 cm. 9) Silver little bird, originally the appliqué of an early Roman fibula. Length 2.2 cm. 10) Massive crossguard from a Roman knife with two lateral openings, on one side additionally a stylised animal head. Magnificent dark Patina. Length 4.8 cm. 11) Round, pelta-shaped fitting with central perforation. Diameter 3.8 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!

Provenance: Private collection from southern Germany (acquired from an estate), purchased by the father between the 1970s and 1990s on the art market in southern Germany.

Condition: I - Questions about the lot?