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LOT 0123
Roman Bronze Mercury Statuette
2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (123 grams total, 10.8 cm including stand).
Standing nude in contrapposto stance with winged petasos over his neat hair; left hand modelled open to accept a patera, right hand holding the marsupium coin-purse; free-running bronze arm-ring; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceIdentified as Roman by the British Museum on 8th January 1996.
From 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.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 34,37, for type.
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Roman Glass Pendant Pair
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A pair of bullae with integral loops, both showing iridescence. 1.29 grams total, 15-16 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Freeborn Roman boys wore bullae until they reached adulthood, being given them eight days after their birth, on the same day that they were named. This important marked boys acceptance into the family. Bullae made of gold would only have been affordable to the members of the elite, whilst the lower classes wore pendants made of less expensive materials. The feminine equivalent was a lunar (crescentic) pendant. -
Roman Bronze Handled Vessel
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Drum-shaped bowl with pierced lugs to the rim and omega-shaped handle; fragmentary. 317 grams, 13.5 cm wide
From 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 Piriform Glass Flask
1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
An iridescent glass unguentarium with piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim. 6.65 grams, 69 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
