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LOT 0741
Roman Bronze Handled Vessel
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (317 grams, 13.5 cm wide).
Drum-shaped bowl with pierced lugs to the rim and omega-shaped handle; fragmentary. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Roman Bronze Mount with Dolphin
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Fragment of a vessel with integral dolphin modelled in the round with hatched fins, pellet eyes, looped tail for attachment of a cord or light chain. 94 grams, 72 mm
Acquired in Europe in 1990. European private collection. -
Roman Sheet Gold Phalera Cover Fragment Group
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Group of fragments of phalera covers with repoussé designs. 1.77 grams total, 10-37 mm
Acquired in the early 1990s. From the collection of an London antiquarian. -
Late Roman Silver 'Huntsman' Bow Brooch
5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Comprising a circular headplate with pointillé tendril ornament, and three radiating lugs, each with a flared collar below; deep D-section bow with boar-head modelling including open mouth and tusks, bristles and pricked ears; parallel-sided chamfered edges, recurved finial with dog-head detailing and teardrop dangle in the mouth; spring and pin to the reverse. 28 grams, 65 mm
with Artemis Gallery, Münich, before 1998. Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2001. 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.12226-222179.
As the boar's mouth is modelled open, it is likely that it also had a dangle similar to that of the dog's head. The artistic effect of the brooch is to symbolise the chase, with the boar fleeing and the hound in close pursuit behind. This kind of fibula was used by the Romano-British people of Britannia, as attested by specimens found in Britain (BM inventory no.PRB 1954.12-6.1).
