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LOT 0696
Roman Glass Cosmetic Bottle
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (34 grams, 10.1 cm).
The slender tubular neck rising from a globular body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Coincraft, London WC1.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Two Victories
4th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
The oval intaglio engraved with two winged Victories, facing each other in profile, wearing long garments crossed on the breast like a trabea consularis, both holding a staff-standard with a double forked tip. 1.64 grams, 17 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
The iconography of two Victories facing each other is clearly from Late Antiquity and reflects the images of the two victorious empires - East and West - that, transformed into winged Nikes, are holding together the standard with the chi-rho (the two Greek letters forming the initials of the name of Christ), conceived as a long shaft topped by the Greek letter P (R) and the superimposed letter X. -
Roman Glass Barrel-Shaped Flask
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Cylindrical shape with flat bottom, short v-shaped neck with everted rim. 55.4 grams, 98 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Roman Bronze Military Belt Mount
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Composing two opposed dragonesque figures with tail and lowered head, sitting on a peltate style cut out. 19.7 grams, 35 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Belt appliques and decorations change notably during the centuries of the Roman Empire. In around 2nd-3rd centuries A.D., particularly in Pannonia and in Britain, show many very Celtic orientated fittings, maybe as the result of provincial influences within the army or production systems.
