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LOT 0171
Late Roman Tall Green Glass Vessel with Three Applied Blue Glass Double-Looped Handles
CIRCA 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (108 grams, 18 cm).
With cylindrical body on an integral basal ring, three crimped trails formed into double-looped handles, slender tubular neck with everted rim and applied two lines; repaired.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Lloyd and Jeanne Raport, Washinton D.C.
and Florida, formed between 1972-2000.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, items 270 and 302.
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LOT 0171
Late Roman Tall Green Glass Vessel with Three Applied Blue Glass Double-Looped Handles
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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Roman Bronze Dolphin Statuette
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Modelled in the round as a stylised dolphin with incised lines to a fin, head resting on a triangular flat base. 17.3 grams, 37 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Herm with Bust of Dionysus from a Lockplate
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With a tapering rectangular shaft with applied low-relief male genitalia and incised wine leaves, a finial formed as a crowned youthful male head with an attachment loop to the top; the lower end with an H-shaped ward. 56.7 grams, 10.9 cm
Property of a European gentleman, acquired from the estate of a London collector (formed before 2000). -
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Roman Chrome Chalcedony Cameo of Eros in Renaissance Gold and Enamel Ring
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D., ring circa 1570-1580 A.D.Estimate: £18,000 - 24,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £9,000
The cameo carved in high relief with the head of a child, probably Eros, with a later adaptation of a ruff-like collar around the neck, set in an ornate gold mount decorated with white, red and black enamel, the shoulders pierced with side lugs, while the underside of the setting incorporates X-shaped ribs, fine striations enriching the sides of the projecting collet. 3.70 grams, 29.54 mm overall, 18.55 x 16.53 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13504-263463.
Eros was the god of love, and his image was an appropriate token to give to one's beloved, though he could be a symbol of much more, especially in Dionysiac context where he stood for the young Bacchus and was a symbol of salvation.
