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LOT 0588
Roman Bronze and Silver Artefact Collection
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 1/2 in. (34 grams total, 18-63 mm).
Including head-stud brooch, enamelled pendant and other items. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Large Romano-British 'Viroconium Cornoviorum' Funerary Urn
Lands of the Cornovii, 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With narrow base and shallow shoulder, everted rim to the broad mouth; with inked museum number 'E1029' and accession ticket 'Roman Cremation (inside jar) 1st Cent. A.D. Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) Lands of the Cornovii'; professionally repaired. 4.45 kg, 35.5cm
Found Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum), UK, in 1921. From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a handwritten identification card with '1921' to verso.
The Cornovii inhabited an area of the (modern) English West Midlands, from Staffordshire to Chester, centered on modern Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum). This was among the largest administrative centres in Roman Britain, and drew its wealth in part from salt production and the mining of lead, copper and silver. -
Roman Glass Lion's Head Mount Fragment
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A round appliqué with a fierce male lion with its jaws gaping, voluminous mane falling around the head. 22.8 grams, 35 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Vessel with Folding Handles
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £7,500
Ellipsoid in plan with low basal ring and thick convex rim, carination to the forward end; hinges to each lateral rim, the knuckles formed as addorsed duck-heads each with scrolled panel to the rear retaining the pivot of the ribbed D-shaped handles. 1.68 kg, 28 cm
Acquired in Switzerland, 1996. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate dated 30th April 2004. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12363-226688.
This vessel (lanx) was part of Roman and provincial bronze instrumentum domesticum, i.e. culinary or domestic utility ware. The form of the bowl resembles a type of helmet with carination to the front, the handles placed as hinged cheek-protectors.