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LOT 0843
Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 - 3 1/4 in. (411 grams total, 61-83 mm).
With painted designs in white, ochre, claret, crimson and blue. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 19th century.
Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.
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Late Eastern Roman Gold Ring with Emerald and Garnets
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
Comprising a square-section hoop with expanding shoulders, each shoulder set with a garnet cabochon and the raised square bezel with an emerald. 6.97 grams, 24.18 mm overall, 15.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.11783-204563.
The presence of emerald suggests that the place of origin of this ring could have been in Roman Egypt, and the good colour of the emerald proposes a dating to the 4th to 5th century A.D. -
Roman Silver-Gilt Ring with Bust of Goddess
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Composed of a large hoop with raised tongue-shaped plaques at the shoulders, bezel formed as the bust of goddess Selene wearing a crescentic crown; trace remains of gilding. 12.63 grams, 34.40 mm overall, 21.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)
Acquired on the German art market around 2000s. From the collection of an EU gentleman living in the UK. -
Roman Baked Clay Slingshot Group
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Comprising three lentoid-section glandes. 167 grams total, 50-65 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection.
The trio finds parallels with examples unearthed at Ham Hill, Somerset, UK. The sling (funda) with its lead missiles (plumbea pondera) was used by special funditores, illustrated on Trajan’s Column where they are simply dressed in broad tunics with no armour, but carry a shield. Their cloak, or sagulum acted as an ammunition bag. The effectiveness of the slingers was unquestionable and much appreciated, especially against elephants. Celsus, writing towards the end of the 2nd century A.D., described how a slingshot wound was more dangerous and harder to treat than one inflicted by an arrow.
