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LOT 0841
Roman Aqua Glass Jug
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (57 grams, 14 cm high).
With rounded conical body, upward sloping everted rim with sloping internal face; applied trail to upper and lower neck, angular handle; iridescent surfaces; repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 6.1.4, for a broadly comparable jug.
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LOT 0841
Roman Aqua Glass Jug
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Roman Silver Votive Plaque with Hercules
2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Tongue-shaped with central repoussé motif of Hercules standing nude on a plinth supporting his club and with lionskin mantle draped over his bent forearm; rectangular frame surrounding; traces of similar frames to both sides; six holes for attachment. 30 grams, 99 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The panel has clearly been cut from a larger sheet of silver which was stamped with figures low-relief figures: to the left of Hercules is a frame with fronds at the top and the bent arms of a figure wearing a palla. -
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Roman Terracotta 'Favsti' Oil Lamp
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
An impressive oil lamp with rounded body and long nozzle with volute scrolls, deep discus with concentric circles and radiating lines emphasising the depth, loop handle beneath the leaf-shaped reflector; maker's marks 'FAVSTI' on the base. 443 grams, 31.9 cm
From the private collection of Ambassador G.P., no.126, before 1965. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Donald Bailey (curator emeritus at the British Museum) believes that the workshop of 'FAVSTI' oil lamps was Italian in origin, later relocating to Petra and Egypt. A large quantity of these oil lamps were also found in Cyprus including those of the Cesnola Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
Roman Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Coin Mould
Late 3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Terracotta disc with Diocletian (284-305 A.D.) coin impression to each face from which to cast counterfeit coins. 5.3 grams, 27 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
