Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art - 10th February 2015
Lot 21
Two Roman bronze figures
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £400
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Description
Two Roman bronze figures, including the infant Herakles strangling the snake, 4.5cm high; and a small winged Eros, standing nude holding an oil lamp in the shaped of a winged phallus, 6.5cm high, c. 1st - 2nd Century A.D. (2)
Provenance:
Infant Herakles - Sotheby's London, 8 July 1993, Lot 188 (part).
Eros - Sotheby's London, 8 July 1993, Lot 325 (part).
English private collection formed between the 1960's - 1970's.