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BRONZE GUIDE PIVOT
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BRONZE GUIDE PIVOT
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,500 - €3,500
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE GUIDE PIVOT
Roman art, 3rd–4th century AD
A chariot fitting with an octagonal shaft, topped by an eagle’s head with finely chiselled plumage, flanked on either side by a cobra’s head.
Height: 15.8 cm
Provenance: Former German private collection, acquired in the 1980s
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London
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. MMoCA382)
Dragons and Mythical Creatures, Draguignan Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions, Draguignan, France, 16 May – 31 August 2025
Bibliography: M. Junkelmann, ‘Roman Militaria’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 246, fig. 36
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 99
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 52, fig. 47 and p. 88
A Roman bronze chariot fitting in the shape of an eagle,
3rd–4th century AD.
See original version (French)
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