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LOT 0829
Roman Bronze Ring with Recumbent Deer Facing Back Gemstone
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.30 grams, 21.32 mm overall, 16.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
With a slender D-section hoop, square raised bezel set with red carnelian intaglio, engraved with a recumbent deer before a small tree, its head resting on its back and a long arrow piercing its back.
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The iconography may refer to a version of a tradition in which Heracles shot the Ceryneian hind before it crossed the river Ladon.
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LOT 0829
Roman Bronze Ring with Recumbent Deer Facing Back Gemstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Bust of Sol
Circa mid 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Mould made, filling-hole to the centre, slim ogival nozzle with simplified shoulder-volutes, discus iconography a bust of Sol with seven rays radiating from his head, base with one circular groove and impressed Greek letter H (capital eta). 54 grams, 84 mm
From a 1990s German collection. Ex London, UK, gallery.
The lamp belongs to the Loeschke type V (Bailey type C), group without handle. The main difference of this group from the Loeschke type IV is the shape of the volutes decorating the nozzle. They are called ‘shoulder-volutes’ because they end the lamp’s shoulder that they prolong. The decorative motif is Sol with radiate nimbus, already visible on these lamps and other Roman artworks in mid 1st century A.D. -
Roman Iron Caltrop
4th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Hand-forged with square-section spikes. 8.74 grams, 42 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Caltrops have been recovered from Roman sites where military action took place, and from medieval fortresses areas. Caltrops were used to slow down an enemy infantry attack, and were a deterrent to mounted soldiers. -
Roman Green Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung group of beads including tubular types, large melon bead centrepiece. 20.8 grams, 33.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
