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LOT 0905
Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
18 1/8 in. (5.65 grams, 46 cm).
Restrung designer necklace string of oblate and other types with teardrop pendant centrepiece. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Roman Face Artefact Collection
1st-3rd century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £182
Including ring bezel with glass insert, face bead, and other types. 21 grams total, 14-29 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
Roman Statue of the Goddess Hygeia with Later Restorations
2nd-3rd century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £13,000
Carved in the round, standing on a rectangular base, wearing a floor-length tiered robe with exposed right shoulder and arm; separate left hand extended, holding a patera; right hand gripping the head of a snake wound around the arm; separate head with finely modelled hair bound in a chignon; repaired and restored. 95 kg total, 115.5 cm high
Believed to have been in the collection of George Adolphus Gray (c.1850), captain of a merchant vessel and avid collector. Acquired by the present owner circa 15 years ago, reportedly recovered from a skip. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12967-244537.
Asclepius, son of Apollo and Coronis, was the Graeco-Roman god of medicine, healing and prophecy. He had two daughters with Epione, the goddess of soothing - Hygeia (goddess of health) and Panacea (goddess of healing). -
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp Pair
Circa 5th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising: one slipper-shaped with raised hatching to the shoulder, sub handle; one piriform in plan with loop handle. 115 grams total, 90-95 mm
Ex Edinburgh private collection, early 2000s.
