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LOT 0678
Roman Bronze Ring with Bust Gem
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.73 grams, 21.63 mm overall, 16.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Comprising a slender D-section hoop and a rub-over bezel set with orange glass intaglio with a janiform bust.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
London collection, acquired on the UK art market.
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LOT 0678
Roman Bronze Ring with Bust Gem
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Roman Carnelian Gemstone Collection with Jupiter Effigies
1st century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising three oval intaglios, one with a domed base and each featuring a profile bust, one wearing a modius and one wearing a laurel wreath; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 1.08 grams total, 9-14 mm
UK private collection, acquired on the English market in the 2000s. -
Roman Aubergine Glass Pitcher
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising a bulbous body with a dimple base and a funicular neck with an applied band below the rim and a handle to the rear. 93.2 grams, 10.8 cm
From an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.
The pitcher shows the style of production of the Roman Rhine workshops. Several hundred vessels with applied decoration are known from the Roman Rhineland. The numerous finds from graves and the evidence of glass furnaces in Cologne suggest that a large proportion of these vessels were produced in local workshops, then spread throughout the empire. -
Roman Glass Vessel with Iridescence
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £30
Squat body with a short trumpet-shaped neck with rolled rim, applied openwork gallery encircling the neck. 59.8 grams, 73 mm wide
From an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.
Such jars, with applied trails, are commonly found in the Near East and Egypt. One trail was wound once horizontally around the undercurve of the mouth; another was applied in a large pad to shoulder and then formed into wavy zigzag patterns.
