SIÈGE MILITAIRE PLIANT, SELLA CASTRENSIS, FER ET BRONZE, ART ROMAIN, CIRCA IIE-IIIE S. AP. J.-C.
SIÈGE MILITAIRE PLIANT, SELLA CASTRENSIS, FER ET BRONZE, ART ROMAIN, CIRCA IIE-IIIE S. AP. J.-C.
A ROMAN IRON AND BRONZE MILITARY STOOL, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., the iron 'X' shaped folding frame decorated with five bronze lion head finials at the corners of the seat rails and also at the centre of each of the 'X' shaped hinges (one missing), with two dome shaped finials on the interior ends of the seat rails, 46cm high, 38cm wide, 53cm deep
Provenance:
Th. B. collection, South Germany.
Anonymous sale; Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 19 June 2009, lot 460.
Folding bronze stools, like those offered for sale in this auction, were known as an ancient symbol of military power and are depicted across multiple forms of visual art such as sculptural reliefs, sarcophagus fragments and coins. An early example of the stool can be seen on a silver denarius from the British Museum (acc. no. 1860,0602.139), minted between 15-13 B.C., with the reverse showing Augustus seated on a folding stool receiving olive branches from soldiers. Another silver denarius (British Museum acc. no. 1860,0330.33) depicts Constantia seated on a folding stool.
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SIÈGE MILITAIRE PLIANT, SELLA CASTRENSIS, FER ET BRONZE, ART ROMAIN, CIRCA IIE-IIIE S. AP. J.-C.
A ROMAN IRON AND BRONZE MILITARY STOOL, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., the iron 'X' shaped folding frame decorated with five bronze lion head finials at the corners of the seat rails and also at the centre of each of the 'X' shaped hinges (one missing), with two dome shaped finials on the interior ends of the seat rails, 46cm high, 38cm wide, 53cm deep
Provenance:
Th. B. collection, South Germany.
Anonymous sale; Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 19 June 2009, lot 460.
Folding bronze stools, like those offered for sale in this auction, were known as an ancient symbol of military power and are depicted across multiple forms of visual art such as sculptural reliefs, sarcophagus fragments and coins. An early example of the stool can be seen on a silver denarius from the British Museum (acc. no. 1860,0602.139), minted between 15-13 B.C., with the reverse showing Augustus seated on a folding stool receiving olive branches from soldiers. Another silver denarius (British Museum acc. no. 1860,0330.33) depicts Constantia seated on a folding stool.
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