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LOT 0898
Roman Bronze Fan-Tailed Brooch
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (12.7 grams, 31 mm).
Plate brooch with a triangular-shaped body and a trapezoidal footplate with notched rear edge, coiled spring pin and catch on the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 0898
Roman Bronze Fan-Tailed Brooch
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Large Roman Cut-Glass Beaker
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
With a thick conical body and a pontil base, five horizontal grooves cut around the outer face of the body; traces of iridescence. 288 grams, 18.8 cm
Dr Jutaro Kawabe, Nagoya, Japan, his collection formed in the 1960s-1970s. with Hoshigaoka Gallery until the late 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13277-254062. -
Roman Ceramic Oil Lamp with Gladiatorial Lion
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shallow discus with an advancing lion in relief, wide shoulder with linear decoration, lug handle to the rear, inked collector's number '320' on the base. 112 grams, 11.2 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Statuette of the Goddess Juno
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
A substantial hollow-form figure of Juno (Greek Hera) standing with right hand in gripping pose, left hand extended palm-upwards, engraved collar to the neck and diadem to the hair, palla gathered at the waist, slipping from the right shoulder; mounted on a custom-made stand. 693 grams total, 25 cm high including stand
Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria and later Switzerland, acquired by 1960 and until 1989. Kyros Melas Collection, London, 1989 until 1999. with Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 21 October 1999, no.178 [£6,000-£8,000]. Private collection, London. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13308-258228.
The figure's pose recalls that of the statue of Juno Sospita in the Vatican Museum, Rome, inv. no.241. Horatio Melas was born in 1904 into a family of Greek merchants established in Alexandria, Egypt. It was there that he met and, in 1960, married Patsy, and together they maintained the family collection. Following the family's departure from Egypt in 1967, the collection was relocated to Switzerland, remaining there until 1989, when their son, Kyros Melas, settled in London. Kyros, who worked in the City as a private equity trader, continued to care for the collection and occasionally added to it during the 1990s.
