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Large Roman Chariot Applique Pair with Male Busts

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2nd century AD. A pair of bronze chariot appliqués, each with a bust formed separately and mounted at the centre, each comprising a discoid body with domed inner ring decorated with concentric circles, busts modelled in the round presenting nude male figures, hollow from the neck down at the reverse, with semi-naturalistic detailing to the torsos, nipples, almond-shaped eyes, brows, noses, mouths and fleshy chins, hair arranged into short waves, rectangular slot to the back of each head for attachment; mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1854,0717.53, for a comparable chariot fitting, dated c.1st century AD; s. also Gudea, N., Porolissum. Un complex arheologic daco-roman la marginea de nord a Imperiului roman. II. Vama romana (monografie arheologica"). Contributii la cunoasterea sistemului vamal din provinciile dacice Cluj-Napoca, 1996, p.180; Palagyi, T., Facsady, A., Romains de Hongrie, Lyon, 2002, nos.83-84. 1 kg total, 13.6-14cm (21cm each including stand) (5 1/4 - 5 1/4 (8 1/4)"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. Grave finds of various types, be they travelling carriages, chariots, two or four wheeled wagons, include remains of wood, structural parts such as wheels, as well as metal parts of joins, wagon fittings and harnesses. Fittings such as these are often termed chariot fittings, but they could also be decorative elements for litters used to carry the wealthy through the streets. Similar fittings have been found at Pompeii and Rome associated with couches and beds. Another theory for their use is as fittings for biers or carts used in religious processions. There are reliefs and paintings from across the Empire that show such processions. On the chariots these imagines clipeatae were fixed through a long pin attached to their back (Gudea, 1996, fig.41, no.2"). For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price [2, No Reserve]
Condition Report: Fine condition.

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2nd century AD. A pair of bronze chariot appliqués, each with a bust formed separately and mounted at the centre, each comprising a discoid body with domed inner ring decorated with concentric circles, busts modelled in the round presenting nude male figures, hollow from the neck down at the reverse, with semi-naturalistic detailing to the torsos, nipples, almond-shaped eyes, brows, noses, mouths and fleshy chins, hair arranged into short waves, rectangular slot to the back of each head for attachment; mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1854,0717.53, for a comparable chariot fitting, dated c.1st century AD; s. also Gudea, N., Porolissum. Un complex arheologic daco-roman la marginea de nord a Imperiului roman. II. Vama romana (monografie arheologica"). Contributii la cunoasterea sistemului vamal din provinciile dacice Cluj-Napoca, 1996, p.180; Palagyi, T., Facsady, A., Romains de Hongrie, Lyon, 2002, nos.83-84. 1 kg total, 13.6-14cm (21cm each including stand) (5 1/4 - 5 1/4 (8 1/4)"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. Grave finds of various types, be they travelling carriages, chariots, two or four wheeled wagons, include remains of wood, structural parts such as wheels, as well as metal parts of joins, wagon fittings and harnesses. Fittings such as these are often termed chariot fittings, but they could also be decorative elements for litters used to carry the wealthy through the streets. Similar fittings have been found at Pompeii and Rome associated with couches and beds. Another theory for their use is as fittings for biers or carts used in religious processions. There are reliefs and paintings from across the Empire that show such processions. On the chariots these imagines clipeatae were fixed through a long pin attached to their back (Gudea, 1996, fig.41, no.2"). For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price [2, No Reserve]
Condition Report: Fine condition.

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