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LOT 0589
Roman and Other Mixed Bead Group
MAINLY EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
0 - 1 in. (288 grams total, 2-28 mm).
A mixed group of beads including tabular, oblate, melon, fusiform and other types in glass, onyx, crystal, faience, shell and other materials.
ProvenanceAbelita family collection, 1980-2015.
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Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A mixed group of coarse white wall plaster fragments from a fresco, with painted designs in white, ochre, claret, crimson and blue. 600 grams total, 73-89 mm
Fair condition.
Acquired in the 19th century. Jeger collection, Switzerland. Property of an English gentleman. -
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Roman Magical Gnostic Gemstone
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
An ellipsoid bifacial haematite gemstone with intaglio scenes: obverse with a reaper holding a sickle and cutting down a crop; reverse with a bird, wings spread beneath a glyph. 7.37 grams, 26.8 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection. -
Roman Gold Jewellery Group
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
A mixed group of gold items including a biconical bead, an earring with recurved bow, granule finial and filigree closure, a domed bell-pendant with granule to the apex and other items. 18 grams total, 11-58 mm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private collection since 1998.
