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LOT 0163
Roman Bronze Head
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (440 grams, 10 cm).
Hollow-formed with long neck, abundant thick hair and beard, broad mouth; probably intended to represent an emperor.
ProvenanceAcquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
Cf. a bronze statue of Hadrian from the Camp of the Sixth Roman Legion in Tel Shalem, 117–138 AD, now in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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LOT 0163
Roman Bronze Head
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Roman Glass Flask
Circa 1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With bulbous body and dimple to the base, short tubular neck and broad flange rim. 56 grams, 10.6 cm
From a London, UK, collection of glass, 1970-2000s. -
Roman and Other Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Composed of oblate, spherical and other beads, restrung to a Y-shape. 13.81 grams, 33.3 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s. -
Roman Glass Unguentarium
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With plano-convex body and dimple base, tall slender neck, folded rim; iridescent green surface. 78 grams, 15 cm
From an important London collection of glass, 1990s.
This kind of toilet bottle was called ‘candlestick unguentarium’ by the academics due to the shape of its neck. This specific type, with its transparent grayish green glass, is especially found in Roman Cyprus (Hayes's fabric 2 of Cypriot blown glass).
