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LOT 0935
Bronze Age and Roman Artefacts and Coins
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 2 1/4 in. (183 grams total, 10-57 mm).
Mixed group of items including a sestertius, brooch fragments, a large plate brooch fragment, a lion face mount, coins, and others. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
N.B. This lot is for UK buyers only.
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LOT 0935
Bronze Age and Roman Artefacts and Coins
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Roman Tinned Bronze Cochlear Spoon
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Featuring a long, pointed handle and a round bowl. 6.91 grams, 13.5 cm
From the private collection of a South London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 1970s; thence by descent 2006. Accompanied by an old clipping from a colour sales catalogue. -
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Very Large Eastern Roman Blue Glass Bottle with Iridescence
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Piriform in profile with a narrow neck and flared mouth with a chamfered rim, dimple base. 949 grams, 29.1 cm
From the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès private collection. with Artcurial, Paris, 25 March 2014, no.39. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12959-245241.
On ancient glass, iridescence is the soft play of colour that develops as the surface ages and becomes silica-rich. Minute layers form over time and break light into shifting blues, greens and golds. It is not a modern finish but something time has drawn out of the material itself, so the pattern and palette are unique to each piece. Collectors prize good, stable iridescence because it lifts the form: ribs read more crisply, profiles glow, and simple vessels take on depth and movement. Museums now tend to preserve these surfaces rather than polish them away, recognising both their beauty and what they tell us about an object’s long life (though it is not, by itself, a dating test). For display, iridescent glass performs brilliantly under gentle, directional light, where the colours “turn” as the vessel is moved. Well-preserved, even iridescence of this quality is not common and adds materially to the presence and desirability of the piece. -
Roman Fresco Wall Plaster Collection
1st century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted with mainly Pompeii red, pale blue, cream and white detailing; some with an impression of timber laths to the reverse. 786 grams total, 6.7-12.5 cm
Acquired in the 19th century. Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland. UK gallery, early 2000s.
These small fragments, for analogies with the fragments of Pompeii, seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. A red grenade fillet probably framed some panels. A fragment shows alternate blue and red colours over a cream background, maybe pertinent to a socle.
