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LOT 0934
Roman Bronze Bacchus Mount with Silver Inlay
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (28.6 grams, 44 mm).
The god of wine shown with grotesque features and stern expression, neatly arranged long beard, short horns and vine-leaf crown resting on the brow.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0934
Roman Bronze Bacchus Mount with Silver Inlay
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Roman Green Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung designer necklace of tubular, oblate and other types with melon bead centrepiece. 19.2 grams, 40.2 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Roman Glass Flask with Dotted Rosettes
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Conical body with rounded base, applied clusters of blue glass around the body, everted rim; traces of iridescence; mounted on a custom-made stand. 254 grams total, 20.8 cm
From an important collection of glass, London, UK, 1990s. -
Late Roman Glass Double Unguentarium
5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Composed of two conjoined tapering tubular cells, with lateral applied handles at the shoulder, decorated with applied trails; mounted on a custom-made stand. 53.7 grams, 11.6 cm (116 grams total, 13.5 cm including stand)
From an important London collection of glass, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
These late Roman double cosmetic tubes were mainly produced in the Eastern provinces. They were formed as two tubes, side by side, made from a single bubble of glass by pinching the sides vertically to form a diaphragm. The decoration consisted of a trail wound once around the body just below the rim, and a further trail wound in a spiral several times around the body.
