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LOT 0779
Roman Bronze and Other Mixed Artefact Group
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 3 in. (144 grams total, 10-74 mm).
Including brooches of various types; ornate openwork mounts; buckle plates and weights, together with other miscellaneous items. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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Roman Wheel-Cut Glass Vessel
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
With globular body and long tubular neck, dimple base, everted rim with gusset to the outer edge; wheel-cut horizontal lines to the body. 82 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
This bottle belongs to a group of globular bottles with cylindrical necks (some longer than others) and plain or collar-like rims, which are decorated with parallel and/or intersecting circles or combinations of circles and other motifs. -
Roman Bronze Dish with Rim
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Discoid with shallow recess and turned rim; old French collection sticker No.366'. 38 grams, 10 cm
Ex Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819?-1899), France. Private collection, acquired on the French art market in 2009. -
Stone Minerva Statuette House Altar
Roman, 2nd-4th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Square-section with stepped base, gussetted collar and two parallel bars to the upper face; inscribed 'DEAE.MINERV[AE] / LVCIVS.PLAC[IDUS] / VITELLI.FIL[IVS].V[OTUM] / S[OLVIT].L[IBENS].M[ERITO]' (to the goddess Minerva, Lucius Plac[idus] son of Vitellius, discharges the vow freely, as is deserved); the inscription highlighted in crimson. 5.3 kg, 21.2 cm high
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.
Votive inscriptions follow a set pattern, since they were dedicated to a god or goddess to thank them for something they had done in response to a prayer. The person dedicating the stone would have previously promised to do this if the god answered their prayer. The formulation V.S.L.M. (votum solvit libens [or libenter] merito = in willing fulfilment of a vow) is attested for example at Bath, or on the Arae of the Hadrian's Wall.
