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LOT 0755
Roman and Other Bead Necklace
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
27 3/4 in. (10.5 grams, 70.5 cm long).
A restrung group of mainly glass and faience beads of various types, sizes and dates, including tubular, facetted, spherical, coin, biconical and other types, in various shades of green. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Roman Magical Gnostic Gemstone in Silver Ring
2nd-3rd century A.D. and laterEstimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
A glass intaglio with Gnostic symbolism including a figure emerging from a poppy-head, asterisks and other symbols; set in an early 20th century silver finger ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.32 grams, 25.86 mm overall, 19.79 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection. -
Roman and Other Artefact Group
Circa 1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £5
A mixed group of artefacts comprising: fragments of a ceramic bowl; a Roman seal-box base; a zoomorphic footplate from an Anglian cruciform brooch; a gun flint. 126 grams total, 24-87 mm
Essex gallery, early 2000s. -
Roman Female Bone Doll
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
A Roman or Parthian bone figurine of a female with separate articulated bent arms, piled hairstyle, incised facial features, tiered collar, slender body with lattice detailing to the skirt; bronze stud to the shoulders, wire loop earrings with tubular blue glass beads, gold arm-rings; mounted on a custom-made stand. 355 grams total, 21.5 cm including stand
Fine condition.
Previously acquired in 1971. with Gallery Delalande, Paris, France. Property of a Brussels gentleman.
