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LOT 0758
Roman and Later Mixed Artefact Group
MAINLY 2ND-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 4 3/8 in. (1.35 kg total, 1.1-11.1 cm).
Including a bronze coin, buckle loops, glass marbles, lead tokens, thimbles, furniture fittings, and other items. [73, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Roman Bronze Statuette of Lar Holding Cornucopia
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
Possibly representing the god Silvanus, dressed in a short-sleeved tunic, gathered at the waist by a belt, wearing short boots and holding a cornucopia in his left arm; mounted on a polyhedral base. 264 grams, 13.2 cm
From a private family collection formed since the early 19th century, thence by descent. Property of a New Zealand legal professional. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12323-223710.
Most probably our specimen is from a private house, or private sacellum. The style of the statuette and comparison with other similar pieces points to a dating under the Trajan or Hadrian Empire. The true altar of the lares was the domestic fireplace, centre of the Roman domus, and their temple, the atrium. -
Roman Bronze Stylus with Eraser
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With tapering lower body and ribbed collars, sub-circular eraser to the terminal. 8.05 grams, 10.5 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Mosaic Floor Section
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
An irregular panel of floor with opus caementicium substrate and white stone tesserae embedded in horizontal rows in the upper layer. 2.2 kg, 20.5 cm
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
