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LOT 0678
Roman Bronze Artefact Group
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (75 grams total, 12-69 mm).
Including a military belt plate and suspension ring, a penannular finger ring, a Polden Hill type bow brooch and other items. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound City of London, UK.
Acquired from mudlark Steve Brooker in the early 2000s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Roman Marble Statue of a Boar
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Carved in parchment-coloured marble, the beast stands with head lowered; fur texture to the head and flanks; snout and tusks carefully detailed; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 935 grams total, 14.5 cm wide including stand
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. -
Roman Lead Coffin Panel with Sphinx, Medusa and Dolphins
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Decorated with stamped patterns including dolphins, gorgoneion, sphinx, floral patterns, motifs with ivy leaves and vertical columns dividing the field into panels. 33.2 kg, 1.72 m
Acquired 1970s-early 1990s. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
There were many ways of burying bodies during the Roman Empire. Although the majority were buried without coffins, there is evidence for wooden coffins, lead-framed wooden coffins, tile burials and lead and stone coffins. This item belongs to types widespread in the Eastern Mediterranean. The panel is decorated with a columned structure, and within each section are symbols of the outer-world, including gorgons, sphinx and dolphins. The sphinx, having a human head and breasts, legs and paws of a lion, and wings of a bird, was generally associated with protecting imperial tombs and temples. The roundels featuring the head of Medusa, known for her potent gazes that could turn one to stone, was favoured on sarcophagi and architectural ornaments because it was believed that her image would protect those within. The dolphin was considered to ferry the souls of the dead to the afterlife. Very often these sarcophagi were connected by a pipe to the ground above so that mourners could pour offerings into the grave. -
Romano-British 'Colchester' Buff Ware Jug
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Globular vessel with gusseted strap handle and trumpet-shaped mouth; accompanied by old collector's display label 'Roman Britain / Flagon / Fine buff ware 2nd. Cent. A.D. / Excavated 21/3/76. 15 metres S.W of / the Balkerne gate, Colchester / 3 metres below road surface'. 640 grams, 22.5 cm
Excavated near Balkerne Gate, Colchester, UK, on 21st March 1976, by R. McCluskey. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card.
