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LOT 0876
Roman Bronze Bound Captive Toggle
LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (35 grams, 40 mm).
Depicted as a male seated and naked with rope binding the hands together; pierced vertically at the shoulders; probably a sliding mount for a thong or cord.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 1007.
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LOT 0876
Roman Bronze Bound Captive Toggle
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Roman Glass Vessel
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £56
Tall thin translucent pale green vessel with wide foot and dimpled base, tapering stem and flared rim. 27.6 grams, 12.5 cm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Elaborate Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Lion Mask
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Substantial hollow-formed drum-shaped body with waisted nozzle, lateral integral lion-mask, stepped discus with leaf detailing, pelta-shaped reflector plate to rear with lateral wreath detailing and palmette motif; three-bar caged handle beneath. 1 kg, 23.3 cm
Acquired on the German art market in 1987. Ex Gorny and Mosch, 18 December 2013, no.502. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12346-225410.
This lamp belongs to the typology of ‘rounded bodies and volute spines’, typical of 1st or early 2nd century A.D. These lamps had fairly shallow and round-walled oil-chambers with long flat-topped nozzles with splayed tips (here very shallow). The majority of these lamps are of Italic manufacture, and similar have been found in Pompeii (see lamp in Ashmolean Museum ANFORTNUM B.186). -
Roman Rock Crystal Situla
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Ovoid in profile with square-section rim. 15.6 grams, 30 mm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
