Published Hellenistic bronze handle with figurative decorations
€1,800
available
Object number
AR3390
| Object: |
Handle with figurative decoration.
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| Material: |
Solid cast bronze with cold working.
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| Date: |
About 4th century B.C. Hellenistic. |
| Description: |
S-shaped handle of a vessel, almost square at the top, and rounded at the bottom. A grim satyr's head with goat's ears adorns the top. On either side of the handle are three-dimensional volutes culminating in a depiction of a charging boar. A separately mounted appliqué at the bottom shows a finely crafted Medusa head. The three-dimensional workmanship is of exceptionally fine quality. |
| Size: |
Height 145 mm, together with the modern base 203 mm.
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| Condition: |
The handle itself is in wonderful condition. The decorations are preserved in all their detail and enhanced with a green patina. There are only minor chips, particularly on the chin of Medusa's head. A modern metal pin is embedded in the upper part of the handle, allowing the piece to be mounted on the modern base. The base has a black lacquered wooden foundation.
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| Reference: |
For the Satyr's head, see M. Comstock & C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Boston 1971) p. 316 Nr. 443
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| Publication: |
Published with picture in: Antiken-Kabinett Bernd Gackstätter, catalogue Nr. 1, December 1989 / January 1990, Nr. 16. |
| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2022 at a German auction house. Consigned from the German art and antiquities market, on this in 2017 from the German private collection of Dr. F.K. Acquired into this collection on April 26, 2016, at Galerie Günter Puhze, Kunst der Antike (Art of Antiquity). Previously in the German private collection of M. L., acquired before 1992 from the Antiken-Kabinett Bernd Gackstätter, Frankfurt am Main. Illustrated and published in the Antiken-Kabinett catalogue no. 1 from December 1989 / January 1990. Ex private collection of W. Schmidt, Chiemgau. Acquired in this collection in 1988 in London at Davies Antiques.
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| Authenticity: |
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