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LOT 0815
Roman Bronze Artefact Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 - 5 1/4 in. (106 grams total, 4.8-13.5 cm).
Comprising a bowl with incised geometric decoration; knife with single-edged iron blade and decoratively incised pommel; and a pin with tapering round-section body, shallow conical finial and decoratively incised head. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
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LOT 0815
Roman Bronze Artefact Collection
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Roman Silver Cockerel Statuette
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £39
Modelled in the round with naturalistic detailing, head turned to the left, standing on an irregular base. 2.15 grams, 14 mm high
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection. -
Roman Terracotta Frieze Fragment with Face
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising a circular medallion from an architectural frieze, representing a mask crowned by vegetable curls and volutes, the edges marked with a double line. 1 kg, 19.5 cm
Acquired from Millon Arts D'Orient. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
The medallion partially corresponds to some faces visible on the clay antefixes on the temple of Isis in Pompeii. The antefix was a roof covering element placed on the end of roof beams or as an occlusion of the terminal channels of the tiles in Greek, Etruscan and Roman buildings. -
Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With painted designs in white, brown, claret, crimson and blue. 686 grams total, 7.1-10 cm
Acquired in the 19th century. Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.
