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LOT 0767
Roman and Later Bronze Ring Collection
2ND CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 in. (9.62 grams total, 15-24 mm).
Including ellipsoid bezel with low-relief running hare, and other types. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Roman Bronze Spoon with Twisted Shank
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With slightly dished bowl, shank cast with voids simulating a guilloche, loop finial with pointillé detailing. 25 grams, 18 cm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Statuette of Mercury
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Modelled nude, standing on an ellipsoid base with mantle to the left shoulder and caduceus supported by the left arm, item (perhaps a marsupium) in the right hand, winged petasos to the head with bird perched above the left ear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 38.5 grams total, 82 mm including base
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 statuette belongs to Gallo-Roman glyptic tradition, whose geometric treatment of the drapery recalls that of a statuette in the Avignon museum and the statue of the seated god of Sommerécourt (Haute-Marne) of Celtic tradition. The winged petasos, as in many other statuettes, seems to be made of tortoise shell. -
Roman Silver Armilla Bracelet Pair
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Round-section penannular bracelet pair each with snake-head finials, hatching and other ornament. 16.5 grams total, 55-56 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
