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LOT 0723
Roman Bronze Ring with Stork Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.57 grams, 23.68 mm overall, 19.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
Slender round-section hoop with red jasper intaglio engraved with a standing stork.
ProvenanceEx Prof. Dr Emil Vogt (1906-1974), the former Director of the Swiss National Museum, Zürich, in his collection before 1970.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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LOT 0723
Roman Bronze Ring with Stork Gemstone
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Roman Stone Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
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From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Romano-British Bronze Bow Brooch with Bird Terminal
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Wide bow with a raised decorative panel with polygonal cells for enamel, zoomorphic finial. 4.66 grams, 37 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s. -
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Roman Silver Applique Mask
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Appliqué with repoussé detailing, mask of Alexander the Great or Dionysus with diadem to his brow. 3.77 grams, 22 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Similar applications in bronze or silver (sometimes even in gold) decorated the triclinia of rich aristocrats, or the precious furnishings in fine wood of the furniture of the Villas.
