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LOT 1053
Roman and Other Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/4 in. (43 grams total, 1-20 mm).
Mixed group of beads, including a green glass teardrop-shaped pendant bead, a large brown discoid glass bead, and others. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1053
Roman and Other Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Group
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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Large Roman Green Glass Amphora
Circa 3rd century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Piriform body with a narrow, rounded base, funicular neck with an inward-rolled rim. 60 grams, 16.5 cm
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s. -
Roman Terracotta Forger's Mould for a Constantine Coin
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid clay mould with an impressed design of a coin on each face. 4 grams, 27 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
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Roman Bronze Hunchback Grotesque Statuette
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,200
Modelled in the round, sitting nude with head turned, arms and legs bent; wearing a brimmed cap with a feather in the crown; the spine and sternum modelled protruding, large, impressed eyes, genitals protruding below the crossed legs. 130 grams, 93 mm
Acquired from Helios Ancient Art, Mayfair, London, UK, circa 1986. From a privately held London, UK, collection from the 1980s-1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13276-253965.
Such small bronzes with physical abnormalities and exaggerated features served as entertainment, but also had the function of warding off evil.
