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LOT 0663
Roman Flared Glass Vessel
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (47 grams, 12 cm).
With dimple base, globular body, pinched neck and flared mouth with thickened rim; some iridescence to the pale blue-green glass.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 227, for type.
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Roman Bronze Neptune Statuette
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Standing nude with arms raised, legs in advancing pose. 37 grams, 60 mm
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.
The condition of the statuette does not allow a easy identification of its original characterization, but the position of the body shows a certain affinity with provincial statuettes of the god Neptune, especially produced in Gallo-Roman ateliers. Some statuettes of Sucellus, the Gallic divinity assimilated into the Roman Pantheon as the equivalent of the Dispater, brother of Jupiter, could possibly also bear resemblance with our statuette for the position of the body. -
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1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Comprising footed rectangular and circular socle types. 328 grams total, 46-71 mm
London art market, 1992. -
Late Roman Bronze Ring Belonging to Diogenes
4th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With ellipsoid bezel, pointillé border enclosing Greek text 'ΔΙΟΓ/ΕΝΩ' '[property] of Diogenes'. 7.21 grams, 25.66 mm overall, 20.51 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Private collection, England.
