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LOT 1162
Roman and Other Terracotta Bulla Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 1/8 in. (22 grams total, 14-30 mm).
Discoid, irregular, and other types with impressed animal, figure and a Sassanid seal with tamga motifs. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. for similar Sassanid seal Von Der Osten, H.H., 'The Ancient Seals from the Near East in the Metropolitan Museum: Old and Middle Persian Seals' in The Art Bulletin, Vol.13, no.2, June 1931, pp.221-241, figs.88-97.
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LOT 1162
Roman and Other Terracotta Bulla Group
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Pale Green Glass Jug with Trail
Circa 4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
With a rounded body and a cylindrical neck with a funnel-shaped mouth, a small uneven foot and a blue-trailed handle; the body decorated with vertical concave indents and trails of glass applied at the base of the neck and around the mouth. 53 grams, 10.5 cm
From a London collection, acquired in the 1970s. Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s. Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance.
This jug has many common features with the distinctive group of Syro-Palestinian glasses, free- and mould-blown ones dated to the 4th-5th centuries A.D. Common features, beginning with the characteristic colour and quality of both green and turquoise glass, are the shape of the base and the handle, the indentations along the body, and the decorative coloured coil on the neck and under the rim. -
Roman Carved Gemstone Collection
1st century B.C. and laterEstimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising: a transparent agate intaglio with a profile bust; a banded agate intaglio with a kneeling figure; an agate cameo with a female head; a red jasper intaglio with a putto; an oval thick intaglio with a profile female bust. 2.85 grams total, 9-13 mm
UK private collection assembled 1970s-90s, and thence to the liquidated state of above. -
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Large Roman Buffware Wine Flagon
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Ovate in profile with narrow flat base, tubular neck, flared mouth and single loop handle. 1.09 kg, 26.5 cm
Ex old English collection. From the estate of a late Bristol, South West England, collector.
