Roman bronze mount shaped as a female face
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Object number
AR3221
| Object: |
Mount shaped as a female face, so-called escutcheon
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| Material: |
Bronze
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| Date: |
1st century A.D. Roman Empire |
| Description: |
A bronze figurative vessel escutcheon, taking the form of a female head in high relief, with squashed flat nose, oval eyes and pouting mouth, eyebrows, eyes and hair well-executed, with a parting framed by long double plaits formed into bun on each side of the face and a second plait between them. Similar ornaments were prominent elements of Roman vessels until the mid 3rd century. According to Allen (2012, no.342) this exact shape of escutcheon was coming into fashion in the last decade of 1st century BC and remained popular until the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. |
| Size: |
Height 45mm, width 33mm, weight 37 grams.
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| Condition: |
Perfect condition. Wonderfully preserved bronze with a beautiful green patina. Modern sticker on the back with the inscription "04964 F."
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| Reference: |
See for a number of vessels with similar escutcheon plates and handle motifs Allen, T., Donnelly, M., Hardy, A. and Powell, K., A Road Through the Past: Archaeological Discoveries on the A2 Pepperhill to Cobham road-scheme in Kent (Oxford 2012).
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us from a British auction house in 2021. Previously in a British private collection in Kent. Found in 2018 in Kent, UK, registered in the Portable Antiquities Scheme under no. PAS KENT-04964F. Export licensed by the Arts Council England under license no. IPU/01325/21, dated October 7, 2021.
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| Authenticity: |
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