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LOT 0875
Roman and Later Artefact Group
2ND CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 - 3 1/2 in. (192 grams total, 23-90 mm).
Including a figure of Mars, head of Mithras appliqué and other items. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
Property of a European gentleman.
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Roman Dagger with Bronze Boar-Head Handle
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Single-edged ferrous blade with scooped tip, with later bronze handle with boar's head. 190 grams, 27.5 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Large Roman Glass Bottle
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
An aqua glass flask with piriform body, dimpled base, tapering tubular neck with everted rolled rim. 63 grams, 19 cm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present. -
Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Of domed profile with central vent; old handwritten label to reverse 'Lid from an urn from Columbarium at Ostia. [...] 1867' and another, typed, to the obverse 'Lid of sepulchral Urn from Columbarium at Ostia (From Rev. J. Pyke'. 492 grams, 21 cm
Found Columbarium at Ostia, Italy, in 1867. From the 19th century collection of Rev J. Pyke. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
