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LOT 0813
Roman Bronze Padlock Mechanism Plate
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (14.4 grams, 67 mm).
Locking plate with six circular and D-shaped piercings to accept the bits of a key. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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Roman to Medieval Artefact Group
1st-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including an ivy-leaf pendant, belt buckles, crotal bell, spearhead-finial and other items 1.12 kg total, 2.1-15 cm
From a Surrey collection. Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013. -
Roman Redware Oil Lamp with Amphora
North Africa, 5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With a lug handle and oval elongated body, two central filling-holes flanking the image of a kantharos, enclosed within a decorative shallow border on the shoulders with alternating floral S’s, concentric circles and quatrefoils; two thin concentric circles on the base with letter B in the middle, possibly the potter’s mark. 226 grams, 14.5 cm
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.
The lamp belongs to the type Atlante X or Hayes II A. The so-called Christian lamps in Terra Sigillata Africana have been classified by Hayes into two major types, I and II. He has distinguished two classes in his type II, according to geographic place of manufacture or origin. Subtype II A group lamps from central Tunisia are characterised by a fine clay, glossy light orange slip, and carefully executed decoration using a great number of neatly drawn shoulder motifs. The kantharos is a fairly common motif in Early Christian imagery, as a container of life giving water. -
Roman Silver Lunar Pendant
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
With tapering round-section arms and ribbed suspension loop. 1.88 grams, 22 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
