Loading, please wait...
LOT 0751
Roman Decorated Bronze Bracelet
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (27.35 grams, 65 mm).
Penannular body with stylised beast-head finials, ring-and-dot and linear decoration on the upper face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Large Roman Bronze Vessel Handle with Conjoined Dolphins
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Comprising a crescentic band with ribbed detailing of two opposed dolphins, each with a pierced P-shaped lug to the lower end; 55 grams, 11.3 cm
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Figure of a Slave with Fruit Basket
1st century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
Hollow-formed figure of a servant with grotesque facial features, pointed cap and a short tunic, carrying a pouch in the right hand and shoulders an overflowing fruit basket on the left; a large recess between his legs may be for the insertion of an oversized model phallus; pierced lug to rear of neck for suspension. 286 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired from Galerie Puhze, Freiburg, between 2002 and 2010. From the collection of R. L., Lower Saxony. Ex Gorny & Mosch, auction 300, Munich, no.75. Accompanied by a certificate from Galerie Günter Puhze and a German export licence. -
Roman Glass Flask
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £304
With squat bulbous body and broad shoulder, tapering neck with flared rim, dimpled base. 81 grams, 15.5 cm
From an important London collection of glass, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This kind of bottles are common in the Eastern Empire workshops of the Levant. Similar vessels, with faint ribs, have been excavated in the necropolises of Beit Ras, Jordan, and Samaria-Sebaste, Israel.
