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LOT 0924
Roman and Other Bead Necklace
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
14 1/2 in. (23.4 grams, 37 cm).
Restrung designer necklace with polyhedral, oblate, tubular and other beads, centrepiece an annular bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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Roman Gemstone with Hound
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Roman Bronze Grotesque Figure with Paenula
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Hollow-formed with short hair and a beret, wearing a paenula military cloak extending to the hips; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 110 grams total, 90 mm including stand
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.
Telesphorus, dressed in the Gallo-Roman manner with the long hooded military cloak (folded on his back), was the subject of many votive statuettes in Roman Gaul. Son of Aesculapius, god of medicine, he certainly had a connection with the world of healing and medical care, and was associated with his sister Hygeia. He belonged to the Celtic pantheon and was spread to the East by the Galatians of Asia Minor. His cult then spread to the West, particularly in the Hadrianic period, as attested by his images found on the Wall at Birdoswald.
