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LOT 0883
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Cupid and Rooster
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.68 grams, 13 mm).
Translucent with gently sloping walls, intaglio image of a rooster facing a seated Cupid, his upper body turned away from the rooster and holding an arrow in his raised hands.
ProvenanceEx Swiss collection formed in the 1980s onwards.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 0883
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Cupid and Rooster
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Roman Silver Pin with Bust
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £131
With ribbed knop surmounted by a bearded head. 7.37 grams, 10.5 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Yellow Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £104
Composed of graduated oblate beads with an annular pendant decorated with ring-and-dot motifs. 17.4 grams, 40.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Romano-British Potter's Bowl Mould Fragment with Massacre by Lions
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Fragment of terracotta mould for a bowl, sidewall and rim with impressed decoration: horizontal bands to rim and equator delimiting two registers; upper: two ribbed columns angled to suggest toppling, with pelletted rings in the field, three running human figures and a leaping lion; lower: three sheep advancing towards bands of wavy lines and rings (to suggest vegetation?) with two leaping lions advancing towards them and a preying eagle above; supplied with a modern impression. 695 grams total, 18 cm each
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old English collection. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The terracotta fragment represents a scene rarely seen in Roman art, the condemnation ad bestias, of criminals; the dating of the terracotta, between the 3rd and 4th century, could refer the scene to the last great persecution against Christians unleashed by Diocletian and Maximian in 303 AD.
