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LOT 0792
Late Roman Holy Land Terracotta Oil Lamp Group
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (157 grams total, 10.2 cm each).
Each comprising a slipper-shaped hollow-formed piriform body with low-relief hatching to the discus, handle formed as a canine head with pricked ears. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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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British Artefact Collection
Circa 6th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a knapped gun flint; a silver Roman knee brooch; an Anglian wrist clasp with PAS no. to reverse 'YORYH-E195A4'. 17.6 grams total, 19-36 mm
Knee brooch found Leicestershire, wrist clasp found Yorkshire, and the transverse arrowhead found Nottinghamshire. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-E195A4. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung group of tubular, oblate, square-section and other beads. 9.41 grams, 30.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Roman Bronze Lion's Paw Table Foot
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Formed as the paw of a lion on a circular base and a rectangular socket to the top, projecting lioness head below the socket. 190 grams, 83 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
