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LOT 1076
Roman Bronze Dolphin Statuette
CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (17.3 grams, 37 mm).
Modelled in the round as a stylised dolphin with incised lines to a fin, head resting on a triangular flat base. [No Reserve]
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 1076
Roman Bronze Dolphin Statuette
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman and Other 'Colchester' Pottery Collection
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including: mortaria, cooking vessels, tableware and other types, plus stone age axe fragments and a domestic animal jaw bone with teeth. 8.4 kg total including box, 3-32 cm
Found Colchester, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export) From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Fly
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Oval intaglio with a fly or another flying insect with detailed eyes and wings, and two pairs of legs. 0.50 grams, 11 mm
From the estate of a late collector, Woodbury, Connecticut, USA. From a private collection acquired in 2006. -
Roman Iridescent Aubergine Glass Bottle
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With bulbous body, long tubular neck, broad everted rim; remains of iridescence. 48.2 grams, 11 cm
Acquired from the Hilton Archaeological Shop, Tel Aviv, Israel, 7 June 1972. From the private collection of Dr Stanley I. Batkin (1914-2015), Scarsdale, New York, USA. From a private USA collection, acquired from the estate of the above. Ex Ancient Glass from the Dr Stanley Batkin (2014-2015) collection, Bonhams, London, 6 July 2017, no.177 (part).
