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LOT 0832
Roman and Later Bronze Artefact Collection
MAINLY 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 3 7/8 in. (145 grams total, 17-99 mm).
Including bust of Victory pendant, tanged arrowhead, rosette belt slider, finger rings and other items. [19, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Nigel Mills, London, UK.
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Roman Bronze Mercury Statuette Head
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With winged petasos traveller's headgear and low-relief facial detailing. 13.3 grams, 20 mm
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Apollo Statuette
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Standing nude with arms raised, legs in advancing pose. 37 grams, 60 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Roman Buffware Slipper Oil Lamp
Circa 4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Moulmade with large handle; squat pear-shaped body, open discus with large central filling hole surrounded by two rows of radiating lines and ridge that forms a narrow channel to the nozzle; base decorated with a stylised Chrismon. 78 grams, 94 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The type belongs probably to a variant of so-called Late Ephesian Lamps, i.e. lamps of Asia Minor. Late Ephesian type lamps have very characteristic underbodies. Several examples have an impressed circular mark, for example a cross formed of four vertically placed small circles with two more placed horizontally, or a Chi Rho, like in this example.
