Antiquities - ancient Roman bronze horse's head

R35

Roman bronze horse's head

£380

A handle from a fine bronze oil lamp decorated with a horse's head sprouting from a flower.

The oil lamp would have been suspended from a candelabrium or ceiling via a chain which was attached to the loop below the horse head.

Roman, 2nd or 3rd Century AD

Intact as shown

Size: 5 x 2 cms

Ex. UK private collection, acquired in the 1980's from Faustus Fine Art.