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LOT 0126
Eastern Roman Gold Ring with Duck Gemstone
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.85 grams, 23.13 mm overall, 18.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
Comprising a flat-section hoop and a raised rectangular bezel, the tapering bezel set with a garnet intaglio engraved with a standing duck; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate English collection.
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.12940-245981.
Cf. Spier, J., Ancient gems and finger rings: catalogue of the collections, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1992, p. 60, no. 116, for a similarly shaped intaglio (probably from a ring) with a duck motif, dated to the 4th century BC and thought to have Persian influence. For the ring shape and discussion, see Ogden, J.M., Gold Jewellery in Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine Egypt, 2 vols. PhD thesis, Durham, 1990, V.1, p. 136; V.2, p. 38, fig. 156.
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Roman Bronze Three-Dimensional Vessel Mount
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Comprising a plaque of three conjoined lobes with segmented border; at the top, a loop with segmented rim; vignette with a nude male with shoulder-length hair embracing a taller bearded figure with kilt and mantle to left shoulder (Hercules?); below, a satyr with horns and goat's legs beset by hunting dogs. 286 grams, 13.8 cm
Acquired in 1992. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12865-241702.
Vessel mounts of this form are not a commonly recovered artefact type and the presence of two figures instead one is a very singular feature. We can suppose that the mount was attached to a vessel of large dimensions and of a certain importance. -
Roman Gold Ring with Glass Boar Intaglio
1st century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Hollow-formed and widening at the shoulders to a high elliptical bezel set with a black and white banded glass intaglio depicting a running boar in profile on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.93 grams, 22.40 mm overall, 15.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
Ex private collection, Contessa L.G., since the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in 1997. -
Roman Bronze Dolphin Mount
Circa 3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Modelled in the round with gently curved profile, pierced flange beneath the tail; loop at mouth broken. 60.6 grams, 65 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
