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Roman Decorated Glass Flask
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With piriform body, tubular neck with flat rim, applied undulating amber glass trail below the mouth. 50 grams, 11.8 cm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Ring with Stag
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lentoid bezel with intaglio figure of a deer recumbent on a baseline. 1.33 grams, 17.70 mm overall, 15.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Roman Silver Ring with Later Apollo Gemstone
3rd century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £572
With a substantial hoop with fluted shoulders, bezel set with a later orange carnelian intaglio, engraved with an image of standing Apollo holding a wreath and patera, palm frond and an amphora on a baseline. 12.81 grams, 25.23 mm overall, 18.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Animal-Headed Bracelet
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With flat-section shank, tapering to beast-head finials. 21.48 grams, 66 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Spoon with Twisted Shank
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With slightly dished bowl, shank cast with voids simulating a guilloche, loop finial with pointillé detailing. 25 grams, 18 cm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Glass and Stone Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of variously shaped graduated beads with a central cylindrical feature bead. 24.1 grams, 42 cm long
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Roman Bronze Ring with Bust
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With facetted shoulders, disc bezel with low-relief portrait bust. 5.76 grams, 25.26 mm overall, 17.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Lead Cockerel Figure
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Modelled as a standing cockerel with hollow-form body and flared base, large pellet eyes and feather detailing to the tail. 13.5 grams, 41 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Artefact Collection
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Including a knife pommel, buckle loop with addorsed horse-heads, phallic mount and other items. 68.5 grams total, 20-40 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M. -
Roman Bronze Mercury Statuette
Provincial, 1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Modelled in the round nude with winged petasos, coin-bag in the proper right hand, caduceus resting on the left forearm, short mantle over left shoulder. 48 grams, 67 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Brooch
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With three facetted knops to the crossbar, the upper one with beaded collar, and pierced moulding to the upper face, deep bow, stepped junction with foot, trapezoidal foot with ring-and-dot motifs and integral catch; hinged pin to reverse; Keller Type 4. 47.7 grams, 64 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman and Later Bronze Ring Collection
2nd century B.C.-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including scaphoid bezel with beast motif, square bezel with geometric ornament and other types. 31.5 grams total, 19-27 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.