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LOT 0597
Roman Glass and Other Bead Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/8 - 3/8 in. (29 grams total, 2-11 mm).
Including oblate, melon, tubular, fusiform and other types. [127, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Allan Cherry at the Birmingham Coin & Antiquities Fair, UK, in 2006.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Roman Gem with Cockerel Fighting a Snake
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Glass imitating nicolo with incuse image of a cockerel and a rearing snake on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.85 grams, 14 mm
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s. -
Roman Enamelled Bronze Phallic Mount
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With segmented enamelled cells to the obverse, two attachment studs to the reverse. 3.8 grams, 33 mm
Found West Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK. Property of a Kent lady collector. -
Roman Floor Mosaic Section
North Africa, 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With portion of original matrix and five rows of tesserae in grey, black, cream and white. 213 grams, 79 mm
Acquired Tunisia, North Africa. From a pre World War II collection, thence by descent. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
In African mosaics, combinations of black and white and cream tessellated mosaics often form the borders of important mosaics, such as those of El Jem, representing the love between Satyrs and Bacchants, or the myth of Leda and the Swan.
