Roman Goddess Tutela Mount
1st century BC-1st century AD. A large bronze appliqué mount with bust of the goddess Tutela with elaborately dressed hair, fur mantle to the left shoulder held with a large drum-headed pin, peplos beneath held by a spherical-headed pin, crescentic plaque with punched-point detailing; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 148. 428 grams, 17cm including stand (6 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Tutela was the goddess connected to guardianship and especially legal care of minors and others.
Condition Report: Very fine condition.
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1st century BC-1st century AD. A large bronze appliqué mount with bust of the goddess Tutela with elaborately dressed hair, fur mantle to the left shoulder held with a large drum-headed pin, peplos beneath held by a spherical-headed pin, crescentic plaque with punched-point detailing; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 148. 428 grams, 17cm including stand (6 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Tutela was the goddess connected to guardianship and especially legal care of minors and others.
Condition Report: Very fine condition.
