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LOT 0890
Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
19 1/4 in. (17.09 grams, 49 cm).
Restrung graduated group of mainly spherical and annular beads with annular centrepiece. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Roman Gilt Bronze Phalera with Theseus and the Minotaur
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Domed roundel with high-relief design of combat between a bearded hero and a monster, wreath and rosettes to the rim. 32 grams, 49 mm
Found near Sedgeford, Norfolk, UK, in the 1980s. Acquired in the late 1990s. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.
According to the legend, Theseus, prince of Athens, went to the island of Crete to kill a monster who was the son of queen Pasiphae and a wild bull, although officially he was the son of Minos and Pasiphae. Theseus chased him into the labyrinth, killed him and found his way out with the help of the comb of Ariadne, daughter of King Minos. The myth has its representation in the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic period, and was widely depicted in the Graeco-Roman world. The present repoussé appliqué was probably used as a furniture or horse harness ornament. -
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Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted red with brown detailing to the edge; impression of timber laths to the reverse. 417 grams total, 5.5-10 cm
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