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BRONZE SCALES AND WEIGHTS (STATERA)
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BRONZE SCALES AND WEIGHTS (STATERA)
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE SCALES AND WEIGHTS (STATERA)
Roman art, 1st–2nd century AD
Scales and weights depicting the bust of a young man (a prince?), wearing a laurel wreath and armour; the graduated beam is engraved with a pitted inscription on the handle.
Length of beam: 41 cm
Height of bust: 9 cm
Provenance: Former German private collection
Gorny & Mosh, Munich, 11 July 2006: lot 169
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA324)
Bibliography: Gorny & Mosh, Auction 150, Munich, 11 July 2006, lot 169
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2007, vol. XVIII, p. fig. 50
A Roman bronze steelyard balance and weight,
1st–2nd century AD
See original version (French)
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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