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LOT 0892
Roman and Later Lead Weight Collection
1ST-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 3/4 in. (889 grams total, 20-45 mm).
Including tabular, plano-convex and conical types. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst fieldwalking in Somerset and Devon, UK.
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Marble Statue of a Goddess
Roman, 3rd century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Possibly depicting Laetitia, the goddess of joy, standing in a contrapposto pose with left arm resting on an anchor, right arm aloft; wearing a chiton and himation, feet emerging from underneath the hem; lower part of a chignon visible on the back; repaired. 146 kg, 104 cm
From a private French collection. Acquired in France before 1993. From the personal collection of Gordon Gridley. Gordon Gridley was a founding member of the Camden Passage antique dealers’ association. Trading in antiques from the late 1960s, he opened his first shop in 1971 and remained a well-known and respected figure in the antiques world until his retirement. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12087-214012. -
Romano-British Bronze Eros Statuette
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Modelled in the round with one leg extended, head turned, two small dorsal wings. 115 grams, 57 mm
Found UK. 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 Terracotta Oil Lamp with Wreath
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Lug handle to rear, deep discus with a dome filling hole, another filling hole to the side; wide shoulder with low-relief laurel wreath; low basal ring and incised maker's mark in Greek letters (ΗΙϹΧΛ). 138 grams, 11.8 cm
Acquired on the European art market, 1980s. English private collection.
This form of lamps is characterised by their shoulder decoration - a laurel wreath. This decoration may be treated realistically or be stylised. Both groups appear on lamps found in Italy. The hypothesis that they might only be African imports is contradicted by the signature on many lamps of L.C A E S A E, a prolific Italic lamp maker (late Antonine and early Severan); his products are scarce in North Africa.
