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Slender hoop and ellipsoid bezel with inset carnelian intaglio clasped-hands motif. 1.38 grams, 18.12 mm overall, 15.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 450, for type.

Lot No. 0729
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With rounded penannular body and flattened finials with incised X-motifs and collar above. 13.2 grams, 61 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0731
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Ointment pot with globular body and flat flaring rim. 723 grams, 20.5 cm

Mr F.D. collection, acquired on the European art market, 1975 to present.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Fleming, S.J., Roman Glass, Reflexions of Everyday Life, Philadelphia, 1997, p.31, for similar specimen.

These kind of pots were used to hold a perfumed lotion or paste that could be scooped out on the tip of the finger and applied as a cosmetic. This vessel shape had a remarkable longevity of usage, examples being known from the 1st to the 4th century A.D.
Lot No. 0732
8
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With narrow foot and broad shoulder, biconvex mouth and strap handle. 195 grams, 11.4 cm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0733
9
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Bulbous body with dimpled underside, tubular neck with rolled and folded rim, iridescent surface. 10.1 grams, 65 mm

with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772.

Lot No. 0734
13
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Modelled in the round, wearing a tightly-wrapped toga, his left arm bent and hand gripping the marsupium bag of coins; with full beard and hair parted neatly at the rear. 4.7 grams, 29 mm

Acquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0735
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Wide domed body with dimple base, tall narrow piriform neck and splayed rim. 19 grams, 12.9 cm

Ex London art market 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Filarska, B., Szkla Starozytne (Ancient Glass) vol.II, Warszawa, 1972, II, cat.261, pl.XLVI,5, for similar vessel.

Lot No. 0737
7
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Modelled as a nude youth in contrapposto pose, right arm raised, loop above the head. 47.8 grams, 90 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0738
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Each with barrel-shaped ring and cranked shank with wards. 62 grams total, 32-38 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

A massive parallelepiped block, square in section, grey-brown in colour. 2.79 kg, 19.5 x 20.2 cm

Found near Wingham, Kent, UK.
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Jenkins, F., ‘Roman Villa, Wingham’ in Arch Cant 1984, pp.87-100, for the report of excavations; for similar bricks found in the excavations of a Roman Villa in Cobham Park see Archeologia Cantiana, 1960, p.178, Pl.I.

In Kent, nearby Dover, there is the site of a Roman villa located in a field named The Vineyards. The site was excavated in 1881-82 during which time a hypocaust, tessellated pavement, bath house and a quern were found. The hypocaust was dated to two periods and a quern was found on a tessellated pavement.
Lot No. 0740
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
D-section hoop and discoid bezel with pelletted border enclosing a fly. 5.83 grams, 24.49 mm overall, 19.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 207, for type.

Lot No. 0741
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
A large group of mixed beads in stone, lapis lazuli, glass, and faience. 148 grams total, 1-33 mm

Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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