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LOT 1682
Roman and Other 'Colchester' Pottery Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 1/4 - 12 5/8 in. (8.4 kg total including box, 3-32 cm).
Including: mortaria, cooking vessels, tableware and other types, plus stone age axe fragments and a domestic animal jaw bone with teeth. [58, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Colchester, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export)
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
Koban Culture, 12th-8th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Comprising a sender hexagonal-section neck developing to a broad blade with rounded edge; ellipsoid-section socket with three lateral ribs to each face, ellipsoid knop to rear. 208 grams, 15.2 cm
Private European collection, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
European Bronze Age Boss
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Of circular convex shape with a conical rivet through the centre, the underside of the rivet with a loop for attachment; a pelta-shaped openwork plaque suspended from the rivet. 65 grams, 12 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. -
European Bronze Age Ring with Double Scroll Design
Circa 1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Wide hoop and a large bezel formed of four tightly wound spirals with applied pellets. 4.87 grams, 25.61mm overall, 22.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The spiral motif was one of the most enduring and ancient motifs of jewellery. It was very popular with the people of the Bronze Age Mediterranean, but especially in Central Europe. It was seen as a symbol of life and death, day and night, rebirth and eternity. Obviously, the double spiral, like in our case, was also used as a decorative motif.
