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LOT 1348
Roman and Other Black Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
13 in. (9.75 grams, 33 cm).
Composed of oblate, annular, barrel-shaped, and other beads with a discoid pendant bead, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1348
Roman and Other Black Glass Bead Necklace String
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Marble Figure of a Seated Philosopher
Roman Imperial, 1st century A.D.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,500
Carved in the round as a male figure in a seated pose wearing a loosely draped pallium on the shoulders and lower body, legs crossed at the knees; openwork frame to the chair with deep undercuts; mounted on a custom-made stand. 563 grams total, 86 mm high including stand
Formerly in a private collection, London. European private collection, acquired in 2002. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, 8 June 2004. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13210-249309.
The statuette could represent Zeus or Chronos, based on similarities with two statues in the Vatican Museums and two statues in the Thebes Museum. The god is depicted seated, with his torso exposed, and his left hand, which normally holds the sceptre in statues of seated Zeus, is instead stretched out across his legs. -
Roman Iridescent Turquoise Glass Unguentarium
Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed of thick glass with a flattened base and a long, tubular neck with an everted rim; repaired. 44.2 grams, 12.5 cm
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s. -
'The Cataractonium' Roman Samian Ware Cup
Gaul, early 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Conical in profile with crinated rim, flared foot, incised ring to outer face; old collector's ticket stating 'Deep Samian Ware cup with horizontal groove decoration on exterior. Slight firing crack on interior. Substantial piece of potting. Central Gaul early 2nd cent. AD Found Catterick, Yorks. (Cataractonium)'. 309 grams, 14.5 cm wide
Found at Catterick, York, Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
