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LOT 0729
Roman Bone Dice Pair
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (7.48 grams, 12 mm each).
Each cuboid with ring-and-dot markings arranged 1:6, 2:5; 3:4. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Round-section hoop flattened at the shoulders, discoid bezel. 2.00 grams, 22.00 mm overall, 17.51 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Terracotta disc with Gallienus (253-268 A.D.) coin impression to each face from which to cast counterfeit coins. 4.85 grams, 28 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. -
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Two Roman Sandstone Architectural Frieze Sections
Circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,435
Each rectangular with raised upper lip and a raised decorative frieze with rosettes and a bull's head (bucranium) separated by triple pilasters. 76.2 kg total, 76.5 cm each
with Georges Joseph Demotte (1877-1923) and Andrée Macé (1918-2000), Belgium and New York. Collection Demotte/Andrée Macé; Jean-Claude Renard Auction, Suresnes, 3 September 2013, no.87. with Galerie Chenel, Paris, 2021. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12624-236336. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
In classical Rome bovine skulls decorated the friezes of entablatures. Often, they were positioned in the metopes of Doric entablatures, but also in Ionic and Corinthian friezes, sometimes connected by floral or drapery swags. The architectural term for these skulls is bucranium (pl. bucrania or bucranes), a word derived from the Latin bos, meaning ox or cow, and cranium, the Medieval Latin term for a skull. The skulls allude to the ancient Greek and Roman ceremonies of sacrifice.
