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LOT 0699
Late Roman Ring with Man Catching Fish
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.43 grams, 24.13 mm overall, 17.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
A silvered bronze finger ring with stepped shoulders, large ellipsoid bezel with incuse ropework border and stylised figure raising a fish. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith M. Labarbe, Toulouse, France, 27 November 2011, lot 228.
Property of a London gentleman
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 199, for type.
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Roman Storage Jar
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A bulbous ceramic storage jar with everted rim and splayed foot. 486 grams, 14 cm
Fine condition.
English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Roman Mount with Flavian Emperor
Late 1st century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
A copper-alloy appliqué protome in the form of the Flavian Emperor Vespasian, frontal bust in half relief, wearing an exomis leaving his right shoulder uncovered, solid suspension ring to the top of the head. 52.3 grams, 60 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
The realism in the details is remarkable and was achieved through fine modelling. This protome was perhaps set in a medallion to decorate the lower terminal of a fulcrum, an S-shaped couch attachment almost always made of metal which was fastened to the side of a wooden headboard to serve as an elbow-rest on a couch (kline). -
Post Roman Ring with Inscription
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A bronze finger ring with raised ellipsoid bezel, the shoulders decorated with engraved foliage, on the bezel incised in Greek letters the inscription 'ΚΕΡΙ ΚАΛΗ' (written backwards). 4.33 grams, 23.12 mm overall, 21.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000. Property of an East London gentleman.
The ring corresponds to the 1d type of Hadjadj's classification. The Greek inscription is probably a barbaric interpretation of 'ΚΗΡΙ ΚАΛΗ' (kind-hearted). The Merovingian typology of the ring suggests a late Roman product under the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms of Gaul or the Iberian Peninsula.
