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LOT 0976
Roman Deep Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
13 1/4 in. (13.9 grams, 33.5 cm).
Restrung designer necklace string of biconvex, oblate and other types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Roman Bronze Key Ring
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With right-angled ward and bits to the forward edge. 19 grams, 33 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Roman Bone Pin with Bust
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With round-section tapering shank, rectangular baluster topped by a female bust wearing a diadem. 7.73 grams, 12.2 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Sard Gemstone of a Panther
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
With intaglio profile image of a large cat prone to the left; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.32 grams, 11 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12951-246458.
This depiction clearly belongs to a series of renderings of felines as the mounts, draught animals, and companions of Dionysus/Bacchus, and of the personages connected with him. Lions, panthers and leopards are among the attributes of the god Bacchus and a part of his thiasos (retinue).
