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LOT 1024
Roman and Other Yellow Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
16 1/2 in. (19.61 grams, 42 cm).
Composed of graduated spherical, oblate and other beads, the pendant a re-used bangle fragment; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1024
Roman and Other Yellow 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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Romano-British Bronze Human Figural Pendant
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With a conical body and oval head with low-relief nose and eyes, hair combed to the back forming an attachment loop; mounted on a custom-made stand. 57 grams total, 73 mm high including stand
Found at Reculver, Kent, UK, in 1957. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.26. -
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid in plan with short rounded nozzle and lug handle; two bands of pellets to the shoulder and rim to the discus; inked '386' to base. 53.7 grams, 86 mm
Ex important German collection, 1970s onwards. -
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Figure Carrying an Amphora
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shallow discus with an advancing figure in profile supporting an amphora, wide shoulder, ribbed lug handle to the rear, stamped 'MNOVIVST' maker's mark to the underside. 53.1 grams, 10.5 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The lamp belongs to the Bussière type, form D I 3, from a period between the Late Flavian era to the second half of the second century A.D. Like the types of this category, the ring handle shows two grooves on the upper part and the filling hole is in the lower part.
