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LOT 0724
Roman Garnet Gemstone with Youthful Portrait
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/4 in. (0.43 grams, 8 mm).
Plano-convex type with incuse design of a profile portrait bust of a youthful male; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0724
Roman Garnet Gemstone with Youthful Portrait
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Roman Lead Glazed Oil Lamp
4th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Tall circular body with squat nozzle and a lug handle to the rear, an inked collector's note '521' on the base; rare. 90 grams, 93 mm
From an important collection of lamps, Germany, 1970s. -
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Roman Vessel with Actor's Mask Handle
Early 3rd century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
A squat jar in lead-rich copper-alloy with concentric rings to the base, bulbous body, trefoil mouth with egg-and-dart detailing, strap handle with vine-leaf detailing, actor's mask at the lower end and a lion's head with open mouth at the other. 695 grams, 13.2 cm
Acquired on the Swiss art market, 2001. Private European 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 search certificate number no.12586-232162.
This type of vessel (spouted jugs with trefoil mouth) was part of Roman and provincial bronze instrumentum domesticum, i.e. culinary or domestic utility ware. The typology was assigned by H.U. Nuber to the E type (Millingen type), pieces characterised by a trefoil, highly splayed rim, a short neck and usually a spherical body. -
Roman Pale Green Glass Mould Blown Date Flask
1st century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With an elliptical body, short neck and thick everted rim, with modelled wrinkles imitating the texture of a dried date. 16.22 grams, 78 mm
Acquired from Millennium Antiquities, Lancashire, UK, in 2001. From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK lady. Accompanied by an original Millennium Antiquities invoice dated 28 June 2001.
Dates were not only a staple of the Mediterranean diet, used to sweeten food and wine, but also a symbol for the New Year and a fruit often given as a gift on the occasion.
