LOT 87 ROMAN APPLIQUÉ BUST OF EROS EUROPE, C. 200 A.D.
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ROMAN APPLIQUÉ BUST OF EROS EUROPE, C. 200 A.D. cast bronze, an exquisite composition, depicting the upper part of the winged youth, shown leaning forwards as if in flight, the silvered eyes gazing outwards, wings carefully incised, the hair is well rendered with curly locks falling to the side, he clutches a goose to his chest with both hands, the creature's head rising to touch his chin, the reverse of curved form, with two cylindrical sockets above, raised on a bespoke mount (10.2cm x 12cm) Footnote: Provenance: Sotheby's, London May 1988, lot 234. Malter galleries, XLV 28 May 1991, lot 902. Bruce A. Kamerling collection, acquired from Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 26 June 1994. The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California. Bonhams, Antiquities, 23 May 2012, lot 121.
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