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LOT 1289
Roman Amber-Coloured Glass Beaker with Wheel Cut Decoration
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (73 grams, 9.8 cm).
With narrow base and conical lower body, slightly waisted shoulder and everted rim; wheel-cut horizontal bands to the rim and equator. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 1289
Roman Amber-Coloured Glass Beaker with Wheel Cut Decoration
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Terracotta Lamp Handle with the Bust of the God Jupiter-Serapis
Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A large hollow-formed triangular handle from a lamp, with a low-relief bust of a bearded Jupiter-Serapis wearing a crown on a globe, a smaller globe with a star on each side. 152 grams, 11.8 cm
From the Puys-Aubert collection, March 1963, for 10 shillings. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.100. -
Very Large Roman Pale Green Glass Pinecone Flask
Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £650
Featuring a long neck with a rounded, flattened rim and an oval body; the relief decoration on the body consisting of small, tightly packed knops. 77 grams, 10.3 cm
Ex J. Lawton collection, UK, 1990-2010. Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue information page with provenance.
This typology of pinecone-shaped flasks is typical of the Syro-Palestinian region and was usually produced from the middle to the second half of the 1st century A.D. The type appears in two variants: one with a broken-off rim, and vessels with a folded rim like our specimen. -
Roman Terracotta Coin Forger's Mould
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Discoid clay mould with an impressed design of a radiate profile bust on each face. 4.49 grams, 27 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
