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LOT 0747
Roman Banded Glass Pyxis
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (87 grams, 60 mm).
Drum-shaped in profile with stepped rim; repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 0747
Roman Banded Glass Pyxis
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Roman Heliotrope Gemstone with Ibex and Two Erotes in Gold Ring
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Ellipsoid cloison with profile grazing ibex beneath a tree with two erotes; set into a later gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.93 grams, 22.82 mm overall, 19.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Private collection, England. -
Roman Bronze Applique of Actor's Mask
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
Discoid with flange rim, central high-relief actor's mask with D-shaped mouth. 38.8 grams, 38 mm
Acquired in the 1992. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
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Roman Carnelian Gemstone of the Young God Hercules Fighting Snakes
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Intaglio image of Hercules kneeling on a baseline holding a snake aloft in one hand and gripping another in the other hand; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.70 grams, 13 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
According to legend, Hera wanted to rid herself of the infant Hercules and placed snakes in his crib. So strong was he even at that young age that he managed to overcome and kill them. The artist has represented the hero as a fully-grown young man.
