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LOT 0822
Large Roman Glass Bead
2ND-3RD CENTURY AD.
1 3/8 in. (41 grams, 35 mm).
Oblate black bead with dragged trails and applied white bosses to the equator. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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 Glass Inlay, Bead and Fragment Group
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Comprising: a polychrome mosaic glass fragment with leaf decoration and a banded yellow rim; a white mosaic glass inlay with red and black floral motifs; an oblate bead with 'eye' motifs; a turquoise-coloured thick inlay of four fingers with white nail detailing; a blue and a yellow shoe-shaped fragment with applied bosses. 5.48 grams total, 9-20 mm
Ex private Swiss collection. Acquired by Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, from the above in 2011. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Roman Decorated Redware Fragment Group
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising three terra sigillata rim fragments, each showing figural scenes comprising animals, buildings and flowers. 78 grams total, 6.6-11 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Late Roman Bronze Bracelet
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Flat-section penannular body with rounded terminals, the upper body divided into segments with vertical lines and each segment with four punched pellets, single punched pellet to each terminal. 30.6 grams, 61 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
