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LOT 0941
Roman Gemstone and Glass Intaglio Collection
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 1/2 in. (1.90 grams total, 7.96-13.82 mm).
Comprising: profile male bust; janiform bust; eagle with prey; female bust with solar crown; head of Jupiter above an eagle with spread wings; ship with mast and sail; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Roman and Earlier Glass Bead Necklace String
Circa 4th century B.C.-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Composed of mixed beads, including 'eye' beads, glass beads with drawn decorations, pendant beads, and others, restrung. 64 grams, 64 cm
From an English private collection, 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Late Roman Red Ware Oil Lamp with Chi Rho
Circa 5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Broad body with lug handle at the rear, shoulder with a border of rosettes and stars, two filler holes to discus flanking a Christogram with annulet detailing. 174 grams, 13.8 cm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent, with collector's reference no.A37. -
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp
Circa 3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Squat bulbous body with broad pelletted shoulder, stub nozzle and lug handle with lateral depressions. 101 grams, 91 mm
Probably by descent from the vendor's father-in-law circa 2006. From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.
The lamp belongs to the Eastern variant of Loeschcke VIII type. Most of these lamps were made in Ephesus, where several wasters of Loeschcke type VIII lamps have been excavated. Comparative neutron activation analyses of clays have proved the manufacture of Ephesus lamps at Sardis as well as at Ephesus, and we may conjecture the existence of other production centres, for example, Pergamon, where an excavated kiln has yielded a mould and a lamp of Late Asia Minor type.
