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BRONZE VOTIVE BRICKET
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BRONZE VOTIVE BRICKET
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE VOTIVE BRICKET
Roman art, circa the 2nd century AD
Anatomical ex-voto in the shape of a phallus, surmounted by a plaque inscribed with ΝΕΩΝ ΕΥΧΗΝ and fitted with a tenon on the reverse.
Height: 9.8 cm
Provenance: Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York
Haddad Collection
from the sale, Christie’s, Ars Amatoria: The Haddad family collection of ancient erotic and amuletic art, New York, 17 December 1998: lot 113 (ill.)
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2010
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA604)
Bibliography: Christie’s, Ars Amatoria: The Haddad family collection of ancient erotic and amuletic art, New York, 17 December 1998, lot 113
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 2011, no. 35
J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 68, fig. 42
A Roman bronze inscribed phallic votive plaque,
circa 2nd century AD
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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