A ROMAN GILT BRONZE ARM, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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July 9, 01:43 PM GTNN
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A ROMAN GILT BRONZE ARM, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
from an over-lifesize figure of a god or ruler, cast separately from the torso, bent at the elbow, the fingers extended in a graceful gesture and probably once holding a staff or spear, remains of lead on the palm.
Length 66 cm.
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European private collects ion
Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva and New York
Bill Blass (1922-2002), New York, acquired from the above in 1999
Sotheby's, New York, The Bill Blass collects ion, October 21st-23rd, 2003, no. 42, illus.
American private collects ion (Christie’s, New York, December 9th, 2015, no. 67, illus.)
For the present arm on display in Bill Blass’s apartment at One Sutton Place in New York City see https://habituallychic.luxury/2011/07/blass-act/.
For a related example (ungilt) in the Museum of Replica Handbags s Boston see M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Bronzes in the Museum of Replica Handbags s, Boston, 1971, no. 147, and C. C. Mattusch and H. Lie, eds., The Fire of Hephaistos: Large Classical Bronzes from North American collects ions, 1996, pp. 206, no. 11 (https://collects ions.mfa.org/search/objects/*/96.667)