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LOT 0684
Roman Gemstone with Fisherman
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.15 grams, 13 mm).
Engraved on a circular carnelian stone, displaying a seated fisherman with a fish on his line; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
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Roman Bronze Ring
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With carinated hoop, elliptical bezel. 3.62 grams, 20.42 mm overall, 15.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H 1/2, USA 4, Europe 6.81, Japan 6)
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. -
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Roman Bronze Candelabrum Base with Dolphins
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Tripod form with splayed legs, feet formed as scallops and legs as sinuous dolphins, scallops between the tails; central column with fixing spike. 980 grams, 19.5 cm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11890-207744. -
Roman Polychrome Wall Painting Fragment with Winged Siren
Late 1st century B.C.-early 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
Decorated with a frieze of partially preserved acanthus volutes from which emerges a figure of a winged female, possibly a siren, the body and the head of a woman with brown hair, the outstretched wings in pink and yellow; ochre background, cream-coloured line border with a green raised edge (part of the wall) below; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 979 grams total, 16 cm high including stand
From a European collection formed in the 19th century or earlier, based on the custom-made tooled leather box similar to another fragment kept in a case of similar manufacture with a label reading 'Fragment de Pompéi provenant de la vente Préat 1868' sold at Sotheby's New York, 12 December 2013, lot 84. Mitsukoshi department store, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, by 1974. Japanese art market, 1974-1978. 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 11828-207723.
This painted stucco was probably part of a decorative frame. Such decorations can be seen on the famous Villa of Oplontis, where the painted walls of the Triclinium nr. 14 have been divided thrice by columns with a sphinx as ornament on the top of the pillar, decorated with acanthus scrolls and sirens beneath the sphinxes.
