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LOT 0143
Large Roman Coloured Marble Table Top Formed from a Section of Tessellated Pavement
3RD CENTURY A.D.
92 1/2 x 50 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (approx. 300 kg, 235 x 129 x 8.8 cm).
A section of opus sectile pavement, composed of an array of various fine ancient Roman marble specimens in the shape of rhombi and hexagons, creating a three-dimensional effect, set in a marble frame, and accompanied by an iron table frame.
ProvenanceUK private collection (Robin Symes), assembled 1970s-90s, and thence to the liquidated estate of above.
Accompanied by letters from the relevant Greek and Italian authorities renouncing any current or future claim over this piece.
These 3D patterns were widely popular across the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD. Famous original examples of this exact pattern survive intact at the House of the Faun in Pompeii and the National Roman Museum. There is an insert of green serpentine, indicating the piece was reset and repaired in more recent times.
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LOT 0143
Large Roman Coloured Marble Table Top Formed from a Section of Tessellated Pavement
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£3,000 (EUR 3,480; USD 4,050) +BP*
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Roman Marble Torso of Eros
1st century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Carved in the round with the bow supported in the left hand, quiver to the shoulder; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.07 kg total, 19 cm including stand
From the private collection of Lord and Lady Lloyd of Berwick, UK, since at least the late 20th century. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Youth Playing a Flute
1st century B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid type with intaglio kneeling youth on a baseline raising a floghera reed flute to his mouth; supplied with an impression. 0.32 grams, 9 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Gold Ring with Garnets
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
Comprising two parallel hoops connected with angled filigree struts with a granule to each node, annulets to the shoulders, irregular circular cells each set with a cabochon garnet; hoop cracked at underside. 1.38 grams, 17.03 mm overall, 14.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)
Acquired in the 1992. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
