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LOT 0834
Roman Bronze Ram Statuette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (11.2 grams, 22 mm high).
Modelled standing in the round with naturalistic detailing, with curled horns and standing on an oval base.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With painted designs in white, brown, claret, crimson and blue. 686 grams total, 7.1-10 cm
Acquired in the 19th century. Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland. -
Roman Bronze Medical Implements and Palette
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Comprising a rectangular palette with bevelled edges; spoon with circular bowl, collared stem with expanded waist and finial formed as a probe; a scoop probe with remains of elongated shallow scoop, expanded neck with collars, slender ribbed stem and bulbous probe to terminal; scoop with leaf-shaped bowl and balustered stem. 221 grams total, 11.5 - 17 cm
Acquired before 2000. From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK. -
Roman Bronze Bracelet Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising three flat-section bracelets with overlapping rounded terminals. 41 grams total, 61-68 mm
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
Bracelets were worn in Rome by ladies of rank, but it was considered a mark of effeminacy for civilian men to use such female ornaments (Suetonius, Caligula, 52; Nero, 30). The armillae (or psellia in Greek) were rings and bracelets worn by women in the Graeco-Roman world on both legs and arms. Homer mentions them (elikas) as being part of the hairstyle of the divine Aphrodite, thus giving an almost sacred character to these objects. There were different types, the most common consisting of a more or less thick metal wire, or a flat or cylindrical circle, like our examples.
