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Lot 5000 Dα

A cast bronze phalera with a bust of Apollo

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 10:30 - Oriental Works of Art from Belgian Collections
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €

A cast bronze phalera with a bust of Apollo

Designed as a youthful head of Apollo in relief, wearing a laurel wreath and with three small strands of hair engraved into the forehead. H 11.3, W 8.8, cm.
Provincial Roman, 1st C. A.D.

This bronze mounting presumably decorated a chariot or harness.

Provenance

Purchased from Bernard Blondeel.
Belgian private collection.

Literature

Cf. Mitten / Doeringer, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, LACMA-Mainz 1968, no. 290.