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LOT 0791
Roman Bone Gaming Dice Pair
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (9.43 grams total, 14 mm each).
Each cuboid with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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Roman Redware Bowl with Wide Rim
Central Gaul, 3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Squat and shallow with curved rim, old pencilled notation '[....] Alfriston, E. Sussex'. 287 grams, 16.5 cm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Roman Silver Ligula Spoon
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With long rectangular-section stem and deep ovoid bowl. 22 grams, 17.7 cm
Ex 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. -
Roman Mixed Coloured Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
A restrung loop composed of red, green, and yellow beads; restrung. 18 grams, 60 cm
From the London, UK, 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.
In the Roman period there was a strong formal and chromatic diversity of glass beads used for necklaces and bracelets. The most common beads in forms were small biconical (lenticular), barrel-shaped, spherical and annular; the most common colours were dark blue, followed by green and yellow. The succession of glass beads often imitates jewellery made of costly materials (gold, silver, semi-precious and precious stones).
