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LOT 0652
Roman and Later Bronze Ring Collection
1ST CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 in. (139 grams total, 15-25 mm).
Comprising fifty-one rings including discoid, scaphoid, square, ellipsoid and other bezels, with hatching, profile animals, tiered panels and other designs. [51, No Reserve]
ProvenancePart formerly in a European collection, acquired before 1980.
From a Dutch private collection.
Part from the collection of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 1970-1980.
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Roman Silver Lunar Pendant
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
With tapering round-section arms and ribbed suspension loop. 1.88 grams, 22 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Silver Armilla Snake Bracelet
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With broad D-section shank and lobe terminals with snake-head detailing, incised lines and pointillé crosses to the neck, pointillé eyes. 17.7 grams, 60 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s. -
Roman Redware Pottery Sherd with Achilles and Thetis
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
From the upper part of a vessel, displaying a frieze of profile images and figural scenes from Graeco-Roman mythology: a musician in late Roman garments playing a harp (Orpheus?), a seated woman weaving with a distaff in her hand (Penelope?), a kneeling naked woman imploring a naked warrior fighting with shield and spear (Achilles and Thetis?). 202 grams, 18 cm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
This terra sigillata fragment appears to have been part of a large tray. Elements of dying paganism were still used to celebrate the deeds of the new imperial heroes. Note the detailed late Roman clothing of the harpist, with a chlamys-paludamentum on the right shoulder and the tunic decorated with clavi and orbiculi.
