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LOT 0920
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (15.8 grams, 55 mm).
With two onion-shaped knops on the crossbar and a biconical above the bow; billeted decoration to the outer face of the narrow bow, rectangular footplate with chamfered sides, catch to the reverse and hinged pin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004, p.182, item T191, for type.
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Roman Footed Amber Glass Cup
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Comprising a deep body with a wide, upturned rim; applied conical foot. 100 grams, 11.3 cm wide
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Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Grape Vines
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mould-made, the round handle absent, deep body, broad outward-sloping shoulder with grapes and vine decorations, separated from concave discus by two thin circular ridges with a groove between, central filling-hole, short round-tipped nozzle with two volutes on flat space between the discus edge and wick-hole, base marked by three circular grooves. 58 grams, 94 mm
From the collection of Mr W.A. Stewart, Director of School of Arts and Crafts, Cairo, 1919-1929. Acquired Christie's, London, Antiquities, Works of Art and Important Renaissance Bronzes, Plaquettes and Limoges Enamels, 8 July 1981, no.126 (part). From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue page.
The lamp belongs to the Loeschke type VIII, eastern variants. These lamps appeared in the second half of the 1st century but were long-lived, for a number have been found in a 3rd century A.D. context in the necropolis of Beth Shearim. Whether this decor of typical double volutes was devised by lamp makers in Asia Minor or Attica, and who influenced whom, is not yet possible to determine. But it is worth signalling the use of this decor as anchored in the eastern part of the Mediterranean.
