Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Bronze (4)

The kouros are sculptures of youths, ephebes and nudes depicted from a frontal viewpoint and with one leg forward. The first examples have a more schematic character of the anatomy through geometric conventions and more archaic features corresponding to a primitive artistic style. In this case it is a handle that has been given the shape of a kouros with its arms raised towards the sky, possibly to support a zoomorphic element that has disappeared...

A ROMAN BRONZE LION HEAD MOUNT, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Modelled in high relief, the frontal face with finely incised details of the fur, a wrinkled nose and knotted brow, the wide-set eyes with recessed pupils, the jaws agape exposing the remains of large twisted incisors, the thick tufts of the mane framing the face;
MEASUREMENTS: 5¼in (13.4cm) high, a tang for attachment at the back, mounted;
CONDITION: Very good condition;
PROVENANCE: Acquired at Sotheby's Olymp...

ROMAN BRONZE FRAGMENT BUST, 100-300 AD.
MEASUREMENTS: 4,6 cm. High.
CONDITION: As show in the picture.

ROMAN BRONZE LEAD BULLAE, 100 AD.
MEASUREMENTS: 1,75 cm.
CONDITION: As show in the pictures.