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LOT 0159
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Bird in Gold Ring
1ST CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.67 grams, 21.13 mm overall, 16.42 x 17.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
With inset cabochon engraved with a perching bird on a baseline with a flower.
ProvenancePrivate collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 0159
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Bird in Gold Ring
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 580; USD 675) +BP*
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'Reculver Fort' Roman Redware Bowl Fragment Group
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large group of decorated fragments, including two with maker's marks, one for 'MARTI M' and the other for 'DOMITVS', one with dolphins within medallions, one with a bird facing back, two showing hounds, one with a kneeling Erotes, and the other with various vegetal and geometric decorations; most with inked collector's notes. 530 grams total, 4.1-11.3 cm
Found at Reculver, Kent, UK, and elsewhere in the late 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Small Roman Redware Two-Handled Jug
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With globular body and dimple base, tubular neck with a pair of applied handles. 476 grams, 18 cm
Ex old English collection. From the estate of a late Bristol, South West England, collector. -
Roman Redware Vessel Sherd with Achilles Riding a Centaur
Circa 4th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment from a rim with stepped and everted edge; low-relief profile image of a centaur galloping, ridden by a naked youth (Achilles) holding a rosette in his extended hand; behind, the hand of another figure reaching towards the rosette and in front, the hindlegs of a panther; old collector's label to reverse. 34 grams, 59 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
