45 ROMAN BRONZE STEELYARD WEIGHT: BUST OF A GODDESS, probably Juno, wearing a diadem, a veil on the back of her head (capite velato). Her right shoulder is bare and the bust is covered by a sensuously draped chiton. 1st Century AD. H. 4 in. (10.2 cm.) Ex Austrian collection. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIV, 2003, no. 63. 46 ROMAN BRONZE SEATED THEBAN SPHINX with female head, full breasts, lion’s body, and up-curving wings. Ca. 2nd Century AD. H. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) Ex Australian collection, acquired from the Museum of Classical Antiquities, Maine, USA, in the late 1970s; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Bonham’s, London, in October 2004. 47 ROMAN BRONZE EUROPA RIDING ZEUS IN THE FORM OF A BULL She is seated on its back with her himation blown up behind her head. Ca. 4th Century AD. L. 2 1/4 in. (6.35 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Christie’s, New York, in June 1995. 48 ROMAN SMALL BRONZE MERCURY SEATED ON AN EAGLE, Seated sideways, he wears a winged petasos and a chlamys and holds a pigskin purse. 2nd Century AD. H. 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Bonham’s London in April 2000.
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