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LOT 0846
Roman Bronze Ring with 'may he live' Inscription
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.73 grams, 19.43 mm overall, 15.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
With scrolled shoulders, ellipsoid bezel, low-relief inscription 'VIVA[T]' (may he live). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Roman Bronze Furniture Applique
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Discoid in plan with low-relief facing bust. 4.75 grams, 16 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Roman Bronze Ring with Chi Rho
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Penannular hoop and disc bezel with ribbed shoulders, incised chi-rho Christogram. 7.65 grams, 25.39 mm overall, 20.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze 'Thames' Statuette of Venus
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
The goddess modelled nude in contrapposto stance; the right hand extended to hold a patera (absent); the hair dressed in a chignon with diadem and two lateral twisted locks; loops to the ears for attachment of separate earrings; eyes modelled oversize to accept silver appliqués; mounted on a custom-made stand. 249 grams total, 14.5cm including stand
Found by Nigel Mills, Thames, UK. 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.
In this type of sculptures of the goddess, the deity appears diademed, entirely naked, her hair curled behind a chignon from which braids fall to her shoulders. In her left hand, missing here, the goddess usually carried a fruit, flanked by a marine figure wrapped around a pole.
