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LOT 0624
Roman Bronze Ring with Standing Figure and Tree
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.12 grams, 22.89 mm overall, 18.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
With a slender hoop and a raised circular bezel with a stylised figure beside a tree. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0624
Roman Bronze Ring with Standing Figure and Tree
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Roman Military Bronze Sword Scabbard
Circa 300 A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Tongue-shaped with two scrolls and a T-shaped terminal. 49 grams, 67 mm
From a Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Roman Mosaic Glass Fragment Collection
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising various polychrome fragments, one showing intricate flower details. 64.5 grams total, 15-66 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Stork Emerging from a Seashell in Gold Ring
1st century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
The oval intaglio engraved with a whimsical image of a stork emerging from the mouth of a large seashell, its neck arched forward to seize a small mouse by the tail; set in a finely made 19th-century ring with openwork shoulders; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.25 grams, 24.31 mm overall, 19.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13365-257944.
The stork, a bird symbolic in antiquity of vigilance, filial piety, and longevity, here appears in an imaginative fusion with a marine shell—an element often associated with Venus and the sea. The capture of the mouse adds an element of humour and narrative intrigue, perhaps evoking themes of cunning, the triumph of wit, or the unexpected in nature. Such unusual compositions are occasionally found in Roman glyptics of the late Republican period, appealing both for their novelty and symbolic richness.
