Tripod mount, Circa 43-410 AD. A rare example of a Romano-British bronze tripod mount. The piece is figural and styled in the form of the 'Mother Goddess' with stylised features and decoration. The piece has a rectangular socket at the base, into which one of the tripod arms would have fitted and a single rivet hole on the reverse near the base. The lower section of the object is rectangular and undecorated. Above this section are the body and head, which are both lozenege shaped.

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Lot 12A of 597: Tripod mount, Circa 43-410 AD. A rare example of a Romano-British bronze tripod mount. The piece is figural and styled in the form of the 'Mother Goddess' with stylised features and decoration. The piece has a rectangular socket at the base, into which one of the tripod arms would have fitted and a single rivet hole on the reverse near the base. The lower section of the object is rectangular and undecorated. Above this section are the body and head, which are both lozenege shaped.

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Lot closed - Winning bid:£300 (8 bids)

Estimate: £300 - £400

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Description

Description:

Tripod mount, Circa 43-410 AD. A rare example of a Romano-British bronze tripod mount. The piece is figural and styled in the form of the 'Mother Goddess' with stylised features and decoration. The piece has a rectangular socket at the base, into which one of the tripod arms would have fitted and a single rivet hole on the reverse near the base. The lower section of the object is rectangular and undecorated. Above this section are the body and head, which are both lozenege shaped. The head has a rounded knop on the top and the body an integral hook on the reverse, bending 90 degrees upwards half-way along the shank. Dimensions: height: 80.28 mm; width: 44.89 mm; thickness: 16.58 mm; length of shank: 14.68 mm; weight: 169.61g.

In terms of the iconography, this example is clearly a much more stylised version of the usual tripod mounts that are found dating to the Roman period. This would suggest an attempt to replicate religious iconography.

A very similar example, identified simply as a "Celtic Goddess", was found in Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Toynbee, J. M. C. , 1964, pp. 103-4 and pl. XXVI). The sex of the individual in that example is made clear by two pellets on the chest. When one compares the iconography of this object with depictions of other female Romano-British deities, such as the Mother Goddesses, the top knot does seem to be a feature shared amongst many of them. Perhaps this depiction is therefore meant to be one of the many female deities that can be found in Britain and the wider Empire, during the Roman period.

Reference: Toynbee, J. M. C. 1964 Art in Britain under the Romans. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Recorded as: PAS, ESS-A9905A.

Realised Price: £

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