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LOT 0754
Roman Bone Dice Pair
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (8.85 grams total, 13-14 mm).
Each with ring-and-dot spots arranged: 1:6; 2:5; 3:4; 1:6; 2:5; 3:4. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market around 2000s.
From the collection of an EU gentleman living in the UK.
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Roman Gold Earrings
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Each composed of a penannular hoop with filigree ornament, single granulated bead below, suspended on a cylindrical bar with vertical columns of filigree wire; elements joined with later silver wire; repaired. 10.33 grams total, 46-48 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Medical Implements and Palette
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Comprising a rectangular palette with bevelled edges; spoon with circular bowl, collared stem with expanded waist and finial formed as a probe; a scoop probe with remains of elongated shallow scoop, expanded neck with collars, slender ribbed stem and bulbous probe to terminal; scoop with leaf-shaped bowl and balustered stem. 221 grams total, 11.5 - 17 cm
Acquired before 2000. From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK. -
Roman Redware Sherd with Warriors from the Trojan Cycle
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Displaying an possibly unfinished scene composed of robed warriors or other figures wearing Phrygian caps, wide tunics with segmenta, oriental trousers (anaxyrida) and tugging on a rope; later attachment loop to the reverse. 163 grams, 10.1 cm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
The scene probably represents an episode of the Trojan cycle, with the Trojans (usually represented in Late Antiquity with a Phrygian cap, wide sleeved tunics and Persian-style trousers) dragging the wooden horse inside the walls of Troy. In the late Roman Empire the Trojan cycle became often the subject of artistic representations, such as the famous Ilias Ambrosiana now preserved in Milan, or the miniatures of the Vergilius Romanus.
