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LOT 0686
Roman Bronze and Lead Votive Axehead Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 3/8 in. (15.8 grams total, 11-35 mm).
Comprising: three lead axes; one bronze with rounded blade; one sheet-bronze with round-section loop. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0686
Roman Bronze and Lead Votive Axehead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Roman Blue Glass Unguentarium
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
With piriform body, tapering neck and everted rim. 34 grams, 93 mm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Statuette of Mercury
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Modelled nude, standing on an ellipsoid base with mantle to the left shoulder and caduceus supported by the left arm, item (perhaps a marsupium) in the right hand, winged petasos to the head with bird perched above the left ear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 38.5 grams total, 82 mm including base
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The statuette belongs to Gallo-Roman glyptic tradition, whose geometric treatment of the drapery recalls that of a statuette in the Avignon museum and the statue of the seated god of Sommerécourt (Haute-Marne) of Celtic tradition. The winged petasos, as in many other statuettes, seems to be made of tortoise shell. -
Roman Bronze Tripod Lamp Base
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Tripod base formed with lion paw feet and scooped interstitial panels, balustered stem and dished pan, central mounting spike. 1.9 kg, 28 cm
Formerly in North American collection, 1990s. From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
