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LOT 0176
Roman Bronze Medical Tool Collection
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (501 grams, 32.4 x 26.4 cm).
Including suture needle, bulbous probe, cosmetic or medical spoon, tweezers and other items, all mounted on a rigid board in a wooden frame.
Provenancewith Auktionshaus Owl, Bielefeld, Auction 37, 28 September 2013, no.37609.
European private collection.
See Milne, J.S., Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times, Oxford, 1907.
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Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Theatre Masks
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Polished to an oval shape, engraved with eight theatre masks in two rows; one row with three tragic masks in profile, one depicting a satyr, and a tragic mask of an old man shown frontally; the opposing row with a tragic mask of an old man in profile, a Bacchus mask, a mask of a bearded man wearing a cap shown in three-quarter view, and a mask of a young hero facing the centre. 2.51 grams, 22.02 mm
From the collection of a late London, UK, gentleman, 1980s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12033-214124.
The masks represented seem to be relevant to the typologies of the 'new comedy', an image that appears on cameos and gems since the Augustan era. -
Roman Bronze Snake-Headed Armilla Bracelet
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With a round-section body with pointillé decoration, finials formed as stylised snakeheads with chevrons above the head. 21 grams, 63 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Roman Openwork Silver Military Baldric Phalera
3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
With concentric lines of openwork ornament in lanceolate shapes, ending with crescent decorations. 40 grams, 86 mm
Mostly intact, good condition.
Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 1997. European private collection. 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.11998-211928.
In the 3rd century A.D. Roman army, the old ring suspension system of the sword, of Celtic and Iberian origin, was abandoned. The sword was now mainly carried suspended from a broad baldric on the soldier’s left side. The high quality of the openwork decoration of our phalera and the precious silver of which it is made imply that it may have once belonged to a commissioned officer.
