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Lot No. 0734
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Aqua glass with broad piriform body, dimpled base, tapering tubular neck with everted rolled rim; chipped. 37.1 grams, 10.2 cm

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.

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.

Lot No. 0735
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Squat jar with domed foot, deep carinated shoulder, low mouth, two applied trail handles; inlaid zigzag trails to shoulder; repaired. 74 grams, 54 mm

From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.

Lot No. 0736
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Ellipsoid bezel with incuse figure of a perching bird in profile. 2.45 grams, 22.07 mm overall, 18.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)

UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

Lot No. 0737
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With flared triangular finials and divergent ribbing. 9.5 grams, 58 mm

UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

Coiled body with one tapering terminal and the other formed the head of a snake with punched eyes and scale design behind the head. 2.90 grams, 22.91 mm overall, 19.52 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Lot No. 0739
7
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Plate brooch formed as an advancing gladiator with large rectangular shield, triangular helmet, gladius in his right hand; pin-lug and catch to the reverse. 9.1 grams, 42 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Cf. Heynowski, R., Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, item 3.27.5, for type.

Lot No. 0740
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With rounded base and broad sloped shoulder, low neck and lateral strap handles, bands of impressed rouletting. 596 grams, 18 cm wide

From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.

Composed of variously shaped beads restrung to a Y-shape with a multifacetted feature bead. 26.4 grams, 35 cm

Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.

Lot No. 0742
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
The left hand from a figurine modelled open beneath the thumb to accept a knife or tool; cut off for use as a weight. 4.8 grams, 17 mm

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Lot No. 0743
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Modelled as a bunch of grapes with an integral suspension loop. 1.46 grams, 22 mm

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Lot No. 0745
8
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Each cuboid with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. 6.8 grams total, 11-12 mm

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 724, for type.

With a slightly domed upper face and a pellet to each terminal; nielloed segmented panel to the upper face. 5.4 grams, 29 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

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