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LOT 0605
Roman Bronze and Other Artefact Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 4 7/8 in. (450 grams total, 1.5-12.4 cm).
Comprising mixed artefacts including: bronze brooches, mounts, implements, a bell, a stylus, and others, most fragmentary; an iron razor and a group of glass fragments. [41, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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Roman Lead Weight Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Tabular in form with punched dimple, incised lines and other markings. 160 grams total, 9-30 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Roman Stone and Glass Bead Necklace String
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung group of mainly rough red opaque glass furnace-wound beads with a polyhedral centrepiece. 19.3 grams, 36 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Roman Apis Bull Statuette
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Standing with its left foreleg raised, the head held high and turned slightly left with a full, fleshy dewlap cascading to the brisket; the tail looping over the rump, with its end adhering to the left flank; wide-open eyes and flaring nostrils; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 106 grams, 72 mm wide (207 grams total, 91 mm high including stand)
Acquired from Charles Ede Ltd., London, UK, in 2004. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
After the Roman annexation of Egypt, Egyptian cults such as that of the Apis bull were syncretised, becoming part of a distinctively Egyptian form of Roman polytheism. Representations of prancing Apis bulls, turned either left or right, have been found throughout the Roman empire. Various parallels can be found in the Cincinnati Art Museum (inv.1956.13), in Walters Art Gallery (inv.54.1565) and in the British Museum.
