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PAIR OF BRONZE WILD BOARS
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PAIR OF BRONZE WILD BOARS
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
PAIR OF BRONZE WILD BOARS
Roman art, 2nd–3rd century AD
A pair of boar protomes surmounted by a truncated conical mount, probably parts of a chariot, with the legs projecting forwards, the tusks protruding on either side of the snout, the ears erect and the coat finely chiselled.
Minor restoration work.
Dimensions: 14 x 13 cm
Provenance: Former collection of Mr Richard Wagner, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, acquired in the 1960s
Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA660)
Bibliography: C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 68 and 98
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 56, fig. 53 and p. 86
A Roman pair of bronze chariot fittings with boars,
2nd–3rd century AD
See original version (French)
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