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LOT 0849
Roman Bronze Actor's Mask
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (84 grams, 82 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, with grotesque facial features and scooped crescentic mouth, segmented hair.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Roman Bronze Head of a Grotesque Dwarf
Alexandria, 1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Hollow-formed 'moneybox' with exaggerated nose and lips, small crescent-and-pellet ears, low-relief eyes with impressed pupils, small lock of hair to the scalp, vesica-shaped socket to the underside; pierced at the scalp and at the right ear. 67 grams, 48 mm
with Artemis Gallery, Munich, before 1998. Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2003. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12212-222320.
Such small bronzes with physical abnormalities and exaggerated features served as entertainment, but also had the function of warding off evil. -
Roman Fresco Wall Plaster Collection
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted with mainly red, pale blue and white detailing; some with impression of timber laths to the reverse. 496 grams total, 7-10.7 cm
Acquired in the 19th century. Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland. UK gallery, early 2000s.
These small fragments, showing analogies with fragments from Pompeii, seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlights and shadows, decorated with vegetal interlaces. Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet. A fragment shows alternate blue and red colours over a cream background, maybe pertinent to a socle. -
Roman and Other Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of gently graduating beads restrung to a Y-shape. 11.01 grams, 33 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.
