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LOT 0812
Roman Bronze Artefact Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/8 in. (32.2 grams total, 22-29 mm).
Comprising two zoomorphic lids, a phallic pendant, and a fragment of a hand grasping a phallus. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Terracotta Wine Flagon
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With narrow foot and broad shoulder, biconvex mouth and strap handle; mouth chipped. 153 grams, 10.1 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Agate Cameo of a Theatre Mask
1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Showing a New Comedy, The Cook Type theatre mask, with an open mouth; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.07 grams, 13 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Eastern Roman Gold Hoop Earrings with Stone Inlays
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Each with a hollow-formed crescentic hoop, piriform plaque with inset glass panel and granulated border, hollow-bulb cluster beneath with three applied piriform plaques and granule finial. 9.26 grams total, 37-38 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12393-226929.
As a result of the expansion of the Roman Empire, jewellery became more and more elaborate in its designs and materials used, such as precious and semi-precious gemstones. This pair of earrings represent a highly baroque evolution of the boat-shaped type, already visible in Etruscan jewellery and certainly in Roman jewellery, as demonstrated by the excavations of Herculaneum. Using the body of the boat-shaped earrings, the late Imperial artist added decorative clusters and applications of pearled borders and precious stones, according to the taste of Eastern Hellenism rooted for centuries in the provinces of the Black Sea and Roman Asia.
