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LOT 1341
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Fisherman
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (0.26 grams, 11 mm).
Translucent oval intaglio with an engraved image of a crouching man on a baseline holding a stick with fish(?).
ProvenanceEx L. Hohl, Biel, Switzerland, circa 1960-1980.
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LOT 1341
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Fisherman
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£90 (EUR 104; USD 122) ‡+BP*
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Roman Bronze Mirror Handle and Tinned Mirror
Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising flat discoid mirror with punched rim and dot-and-ring decoration to the centre, round-section handle with knob finial and volutes at each end of a ledge. 137 grams total, 90-94 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Marble Figure of a Seated Philosopher
Roman Imperial, 1st century A.D.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,500
Carved in the round as a male figure in a seated pose wearing a loosely draped pallium on the shoulders and lower body, legs crossed at the knees; openwork frame to the chair with deep undercuts; mounted on a custom-made stand. 563 grams total, 86 mm high including stand
Formerly in a private collection, London. European private collection, acquired in 2002. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, 8 June 2004. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13210-249309.
The statuette could represent Zeus or Chronos, based on similarities with two statues in the Vatican Museums and two statues in the Thebes Museum. The god is depicted seated, with his torso exposed, and his left hand, which normally holds the sceptre in statues of seated Zeus, is instead stretched out across his legs. -
Late Roman Bronze Ring with Boat and Monogram
Circa 4th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £111
With D-section hoop and flared discoid bezel, incuse figure of a boat with curved stem and stern, bank of oars extended, Christogram in place of the mast. 7.85 grams, 25.90 mm overall, 21.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
