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LOT 0719
Roman and Other Ancient Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 7/8 in. (164 grams total, 1-22 mm).
Comprising a large quantity of mainly stone, glass and ceramic beads in various shapes, including some amuletic beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Roman Glass Janiform Ampulla
3rd century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Body formed as two addorsed putto-heads with long, narrow neck separated from the body by a constriction; funicular mouth. 48.9 grams, 11 cm
Ex Anita Zürrer-Bass (1928-2018), Switzerland, formed 1960s-1990s. Thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The body of this type of vessel is formed from two heads joined together at the back. The faces have protruding chins, full cheeks and turned-up noses. The hair, filling the space between the faces, is arranged into spherical curls. This kind of products were often realised in Syrian workshops and widespread across the empire. They are usually dated to the 3rd century A.D. -
Roman Lead Coffin and Painted Fresco Fragments
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Wall-plaster fragment with remains of laths to the reverse, dressed surface with painted red and white detailing; with a fragment of a lead coffin believed to have contained the remains of a Roman girl about 17-21 years of age; with old collector's ticket. 218 grams total, 9-98 mm
The coffin fragment found at Brough, Nottinghamshire, UK, 1970s-1980s. Acquired from Ancient & Oriental, UK, in the 1990s. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
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Roman Bronze Legionary Signum
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Hollow-formed with fine detailing to the fingers and nails; with fixing points for a military standard (signum) used by each unit under a centurion, originally fixed with the palm facing forwards inside a wreath. 718 grams, 21 cm
Acquired in Europe before 2000. European private collection. 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 a search certificate number no.12003-211851. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Roman military signa decorated by phalerae and surmounted by a right hand were used from the Late Consular Age. The hand (manus) symbolised the fides, i.e. the allegiance between the soldiers and the Res Publica. It is also possible that the hand belonged to a statue in which it was extended as a sign of silence, to allow the speaker to speak. However, the iconography of military hands, and also the resemblance to a bronze hand (military signum) preserved in the Vindonissa museum (Windisch), support the possibility that the object was part of a military standard.
