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LOT 0911
Roman Fresco Painted Wall Plaster Collection
1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 2 3/4 in. (212 grams total, 45-69 mm).
Comprising five pieces in cream, orange, blue and red with painted architectural lines; one with floral decoration and several with border elements. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 19th century.
Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.
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Late Roman Highly Ornate Solid Gold Frame
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With applied heart-shaped openwork panels and octahedrons on the outer face of a decorative ring band. 12.4 grams, 32.4 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Roman Bronze Silenus Statuette Casket Fitting
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Standing wearing a hide skirt held up with rope, lion's claw foot below. arched bracket to rear. 124 grams, 63 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. -
Roman Gold Ring with Garnet Cabochon
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,600
Comprising a keeled hoop forked at the shoulders to form two elegant scrolls supporting the raised bezel, decorative grooves framing the garnet cabochon. 8.16 grams, 23.85 mm overall, 19.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Acquired from London galleries during the 1990s. From the jewellery collection of a London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12114-214295.
The type of ring seems to date (with the volutes on the shoulders) to the late 2nd-early 3rd century A.D., although the model is certainly derived from the Hellenistic world. The use of carnelian and garnet was abundant in Hellenistic and Roman rings, and the style of the rings continued without change in the Roman Hellenised east.
