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LOT 0720
Roman and Other Bead Necklace
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
16 3/8 in. (24.1 grams, 41.5 cm).
Restrung designer necklace with oblate, biconvex, melon and other beads, centrepiece a melon bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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Roman to Post Medieval Artefact Group
1st-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including a military cap badge, lead weight, buckle and belt fittings, milled coins and other items. 955 grams total, 9-74 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Roman Bronze Horse-Heads Plate Brooch
Circa 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Formed as four profile horseheads emanating from a central roundel; each head with a ring-and-dot eye and chevron mouth, and incised borders to the neck; to the reverse, the pin and catchplate. 14.8 grams, 40 mm
Acquired in the early 1990s. Ex Property of a Cambridgeshire Gentleman. Property of a Kent lady collector. -
Roman Floor Mosaic Section
North Africa, 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With portion of original matrix and five rows of tesserae in grey, black, cream and white. 213 grams, 79 mm
Acquired Tunisia, North Africa. From a pre World War II collection, thence by descent. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
In African mosaics, combinations of black and white and cream tessellated mosaics often form the borders of important mosaics, such as those of El Jem, representing the love between Satyrs and Bacchants, or the myth of Leda and the Swan.
