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LOT 0949
Roman Glass Bottle Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
31/4 - 3 3/4 in. (81 grams total, 84-98 mm).
Including a miniature amphora with ribbed collar to the neck and other types. [3]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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Roman Bronze Bird Brooch
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Depicting a bird with open wings and fan-shaped tail; pin-spring and catchplate on the reverse. 7.7 grams, 35 mm
From a Dunmow, UK, collection; formed from 1970. -
Roman Mosaic Glass Bead
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With applied trails and bosses. 4.12 grams, 18 mm
Acquired in London or Japan, early 1980s. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Roman Silver Applique Mask
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Appliqué with repoussé detailing, mask of Alexander the Great or Dionysus with diadem to his brow. 3.77 grams, 22 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Similar applications in bronze or silver (sometimes even in gold) decorated the triclinia of rich aristocrats, or the precious furnishings in fine wood of the furniture of the Villas.
