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Composed of oblate beads; restrung. 31.3 grams, 40 cm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0966
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
An oval intaglio with convex faces, engraved with an image of standing god Jupiter holding a long spear, an eagle at his feet. 0.66 grams, 12 mm

Ex Swiss collection formed in the 1980s onwards.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0967
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Discoid in plan with four rectangular slots to the body, conical upper with knop finial, four enamelled lozenges to the dome. 34 grams, 33 mm

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.

Lot No. 0968
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Collared onion knop finials, deep keeled bow inscribed to the side 'SPES BONΛ' for good hope, the words separated with foliate scrolls, similar motifs to the other side, a band of linear decoration to the top of the bow; short foot with volute scrolls. 14.4 grams, 60.6 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. 0969
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Tubular with tapering ends in black glass with applied white dragged and marvered trails. 20.8 grams, 74 mm

UK private collection, acquired 1979-1983.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0970
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With a gently curving openwork body, bearded male mask below, possibly depicting god Silvanus, wearing an elaborate headdress formed of leaves and intersecting branches. 45.6 grams, 88.5 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. 0971
8
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Piriform slightly squat body with dimple base, long tubular neck, funnel-shaped mouth with inward-folded rim; some iridescence. 50 grams, 19 cm

Old collection label "1420".
Ex Viviane Alioth.
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.1, New York, 1997, item 259.

Lot No. 0972
9
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Containing numerous original photographs of archaeological digs, found artefacts, etc, including digs at Roman sites such as Hadrian's Wall, Colchester, Templeborough, Silchester, Viroconium, Mancunium, Wilderspool and Holt and published images from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptek, Copenhagen; mostly with handwritten identification; with a photograph of the archaeologist T. May M.A. F.S.A. at Richborough and dated 1926 and Wilderspool - possibly the owner of the book; a rare archive of the 1920s British archaeology. 2.03 kg, 26.3 x 20.5 cm

Acquired on the English art market circa 2017.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

The Roman furnaces at Wilderspool were excavated in 1905; the photographs are consistent in their appearance with that date.
Lot No. 0973
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With a bulbous body, broad flared neck, recess to base; extensive iridescence, repaired. 47 grams, 10 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. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume 2, New York, 2003, p.122, for similar.

Lot No. 0974
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With raised lip to the egg-and-dart rim, band of radiating low-relief leaf ornament and silvered tondo. 242 grams, 11.5 cm

with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0975
14
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Of penannular form with decorative collar to the upper face, finials formed as stylised lion heads. 12.4 grams, 68 mm

Ex East Sussex, UK, private collection, 1980s-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lot No. 0976
10
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Tubular in construction with concentric rings to base and in groups on the sidewall, lid with rings and central vent. 32 grams, 59 mm high

Acquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, circa 2006.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

See Cipriano, S., 'L’inumazione ad Altino in età alto e medio-imperiale,' in Rivista di Archeologia, XXXVI, 2012, pp.97-118.

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