LOT 723 Roman Figural Mount with Putto and Cockerel
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1st-2nd century AD. A fragment of a bronze vessel with high-relief figural scene of a putto grappling with a cockerel; silver inserts to the putto's eyes. See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items from 289 to 297, forparable appliques. 6.2 grams, 19mm (3/4"). Found by the vendor's grandfather in West Ssex in the early 1990s. Property of a West Ssex, UK, gentleman. During the Imperial Age, funeral urn handles were attached to the main body of the urn by means of appliqués. This handle terminal often took triangular form and was adorned with mythological scenes.
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