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LOT 0634
Roman Bronze Camp Gate Plate Brooch
LATE 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (6.62 grams, 31 mm).
An openwork plate showing textured vertical bars; pin and remains of catch-plate on the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Roman Bronze Basket-Vase
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,000
Ellipsoid in plan with low basal ring and thick convex rim, carination to the forward end; hinges to each lateral rim, the knuckles formed as addorsed duck-heads each with scrolled panel to the rear retaining the pivot of the ribbed D-shaped handles. 1.68 kg, 28 cm
Acquired in Switzerland, 1996. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate dated 30th April 2004. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12363-226688. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This vessel (lanx) was part of Roman and provincial bronze instrumentum domesticum, i.e. culinary or domestic utility ware. The form of the bowl resembles a type of helmet with carination to the front, the handles placed as hinged cheek-protectors. -
Roman Silver Ring with Amphora Intaglio
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a D-section fluted hoop with lateral flanges, expanding shoulders with diagonal line design, bezel set with an oval blue glass intaglio with an amphora. 7.16 grams, 20 mm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Roman Heavy Gold Earring Pair
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Matched pair of earrings, each a square-section crescent with later hook at the apex, two applied granule clusters; at the lower edge, a cluster of four large granules with smaller granule clusters beneath. 13.07 grams total, 30-31 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, UK. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
