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LOT 0144
Roman Bone Doll's Head with Earrings
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (56 grams, 86 mm).
Carved in the round with tiered collars to the neck, hair swept back from the face and coloured with green pigment, low-relief facial features, pierced at lower edge for attachment; ears pierced and gold wire earring inserted.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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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Roman Inked Reused Wooden Wax Tablet For a Contract Negotiated and Agreed at Titiiuni between Maianus and Silvanus
Early 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,350
Well preserved rectangular tablet inscribed in Roman cursive script, on the outer face the beginnings of a contract and the signatures of witnesses, the inner side with a recessed panel inscribed with fourteen lines of Roman cursive script, on the outer face right of the sulcus the signatures of five witnesses, to the left the beginning of the contract: 'the pactum et conventum was made between Maianus, son of Dontiquus, and a person called Silvanus; Maianus was born shortly before A.D. 281 and reached an advanced age as he is still attested after AD 360'; the text consists inter alia of typical Roman legal formula like stipulatus est … – spopondidit … - testati sunt …, including the note: Actum Titiiuni, which may be understood as ‘negotiated and agreed at Titiiuni’. 64 grams, 18.2 cm
Acquired by Albert Sfez in the early 1950s. Formerly the property of Monsieur Alain Sfez, a Belgian collector; acquired by gift from his father Albert Sfez, in 1965. Acquired by a London dealer in 1973. From an important London collection since 1975; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12525-230804. 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. -
Roman Bronze Bow Brooch Group
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: knee brooch with chord and pin; slender Polden Hill type with hole to the catchplate. 14.1 grams total, 34-51 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Yellow Glass Spherical Bottle
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Spherical, slightly squat body with dimpled underside to base; short, flared cylindrical neck; deposits remaining in the interior, and iridescence to the exterior. 43.9 grams, 71 mm
Old collection label "1769". Ex Viviane Alioth. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
