Bidspirit auction | Roman Bronze Silenus Statuette Casket

Roman Bronze Silenus Statuette Casket Fitting - 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.. Standing wearing a hide skirt held up with rope, lion's claw foot below. arched bracket to rear. Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 398. 124 grams, 63 mm (2 1/2 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]