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Katso käännösMuinainen Rooma Pronssi Leijonan finaali
Nro. 89701531
A fine Ancient Roman bronze finial in the shape of a recumbent lion. The lion is depicted naturalistically, with its tail curled around its legs and much attention paid to the flowing mane of the lion. Its narrow concave body leads to its back legs, which rest on a circular recessed base. Its paws hang out in front of it. There is a beautiful dark patina to the surface and some encrustations. The back of the base is slightly chipped. The lion's face is worn and damaged. Some surface pitting and minor scratches as consistent with its age.
In the Roman world, lions maintained a strong association with Hercules, as he famously encountered the Nemean Lion as one of his Twelve Labours. The lion was far from a mythological beast, however, and would have been a familiar sight across the Roman Empire. The ‘venationes’ (“hunts”) and other ‘spectacula’ (“shows”) of ancient Rome saw exotic species (including panthers, elephants, and bears) procured from all corners of the Roman Empire – a conscious demonstration in itself of the nation’s extensive reach and authority – and placed in the amphitheatre for gory entertainment. Notoriously, lions were integral to the form of capital punishment known as ‘damnatio ad bestias’, whereby condemned criminals were pitted against the beasts. Lions were also sought out by Roman army units as a pastime when not at war – the process of capturing the beasts is recorded in several Roman mosaics, as is ‘damnatio ad bestias’, which became a motif of Christian martyrdom in later antiquity.
Measurements: (circa) L 5.1cm x W 1.8cm x H 3.2cm
Provenance: From a gentleman's collection, London, 1990s - early 2000s.
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A fine Ancient Roman bronze finial in the shape of a recumbent lion. The lion is depicted naturalistically, with its tail curled around its legs and much attention paid to the flowing mane of the lion. Its narrow concave body leads to its back legs, which rest on a circular recessed base. Its paws hang out in front of it. There is a beautiful dark patina to the surface and some encrustations. The back of the base is slightly chipped. The lion's face is worn and damaged. Some surface pitting and minor scratches as consistent with its age.
In the Roman world, lions maintained a strong association with Hercules, as he famously encountered the Nemean Lion as one of his Twelve Labours. The lion was far from a mythological beast, however, and would have been a familiar sight across the Roman Empire. The ‘venationes’ (“hunts”) and other ‘spectacula’ (“shows”) of ancient Rome saw exotic species (including panthers, elephants, and bears) procured from all corners of the Roman Empire – a conscious demonstration in itself of the nation’s extensive reach and authority – and placed in the amphitheatre for gory entertainment. Notoriously, lions were integral to the form of capital punishment known as ‘damnatio ad bestias’, whereby condemned criminals were pitted against the beasts. Lions were also sought out by Roman army units as a pastime when not at war – the process of capturing the beasts is recorded in several Roman mosaics, as is ‘damnatio ad bestias’, which became a motif of Christian martyrdom in later antiquity.
Measurements: (circa) L 5.1cm x W 1.8cm x H 3.2cm
Provenance: From a gentleman's collection, London, 1990s - early 2000s.
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La comanda ha arribat molt bé, cap problema i tot molt correcte. El pedido ha llegado muy bien, ningún problema y todo muy correcto.
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Perfekt, vielen Dank, Exhtheitszertifikat ist ebenfalls vorhanden, super professionell verpackt. Vielen Dank👌👌
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