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LOT 2053
Archaic Greek Style Terracotta Bust of a Man
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5 1/8 in. (376 grams total, 13 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round with rugged features, recessed eyes, long ears; after the antique; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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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Roman Style Silver Statuette of a Magistrate
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Standing erect with left hand extended gripping a scroll; wearing a full toga fastened at the waist and draped over the body; the head with short hair in the Julian style and a laurel wreath to the brow; after the antique; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 98 grams total, 93 mm including stand
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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The statuette represents a city magistrate clad in a toga, the most famous 'official' civil dress of the Roman period between the first century B.C. and the first century A.D. The fully developed toga of Consular and Imperial Rome was shaped as a segment of a circle and about 18 and a half feet long by seven feet wide at its centre. It was decorated at times by a purple or red stripe along the straight edge. The type of garment of our statuette is similar to the one seen on the statue of Emperor Titus at the Vatican Museum. -
Post Medieval Altar Tapestry Frontal
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Rectangular velvet tapestry panel with crimson field and gold-yellow detailing, made up from individual strips and with a central void; more recent fabric backing; the design an arcade with rosettes and tendrils. 2.6 kg, 90 x 243 cm
Ex central London gallery. 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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Comprising small grape or canister shots, and a larger shot, likely for a smoothbore cannon. 1.66 kg total, 37-61 mm
Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.