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LOT 0747
Roman Cobalt Blue Glass Turtle Pendant
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.37 grams, 18 mm).
Discoid pendant with integral loop, moulded turtle modelled in the half-round; rare type.
ProvenanceFrom the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
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Roman Bronze Statuette of Mercury
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From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Mercury is one of the most widespread divinities among the votive statuettes of Roman Age. The god of the Roman pantheon was similar to the Greek Hermes and the Etruscan Turms.
