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LOT 0915
Roman Glass Bead Collection
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 25/8 in. (66 grams total, 29-67 mm).
Comprising seven blue glass melon beads and a ring-shaped bead with painted detailing. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound City of London, UK.
Acquired from mudlark Steve Brooker in the early 2000s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Roman and Other Bead Necklace
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung designer necklace including oblate, biconvex, barrel-shaped and other types. 16.6 grams, 38 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
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Roman Honey-Coloured Glass Amphora
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
With broad rounded shoulder tapering to a conical foot, cylindrical neck and everted mouth with rolled rim, applied trail handles and collar; tip restored; supplied with a display stand. 97 grams, 18 cm (220 grams total, 20 cm including stand)
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12108-217865. -
Roman Bronze Statuette of a Germanic Captive
Late 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Modelled with arms held behind the back, legs astride and left knee bent, head angled upwards over the right shoulder; the trousers and sleeves with incised crosshatched pattern, plain shoes; the hair drawn up in the 'Swabian knot' style above the right ear; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 93 grams total, 62 mm including stand
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.
Statuettes of foreign ‘barbarian’ prisoners of this type have been found along the Danube. Their spread coincides with the Marcomannic wars of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The Swabian knot in this warrior’s hair has parallels with the warrior depicted on the contemporary Sarcophagus of Portonaccio, which represents a battle between Romans and Germanic Gauls.
