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LOT 0698
Roman Glass Unguentarium with Waves
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (62.4 grams, 10.2 cm).
With bulbous flat-bottomed base, tall neck and rolled everted rim applied trail zigzag handles to each side.
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 0698
Roman Glass Unguentarium with Waves
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Roman Enamelled Bronze and Other Artefact Group
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Including a substantial Aucissa-type brooch, floral strap-slider and other items. 43.1 grams total, 22-55 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK. -
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Roman and Other Bronze Group
1st-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Including a Roman military buckle, a Roman bell, candle spike; lead-alloy votive mirror and other items, sold with an early 1st millennium B.C. Luristan hairpin with silver wire finial. 178 grams total, 1.4-11.6 cm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Roman Lead Figure of Aphrodite Holding a Severed Swan's Head
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Modelled in the round nude and and raising her right arm, holding the neck of the swan (her animal attribute); left arm descending towards her pubis, legs in contrapposto stance; gusseted drum-shaped base. 327 grams, 19.5 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12099-218223.
Although the presence of the swan in this position is rather rare, iconographically, this image is part of the abundant series of statuettes of Aphrodite/Venus widely distributed during the Roman Imperial era.
