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LOT 0759
Roman Glass Vessel Group
MAINLY 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 - 3 in. (157 grams total, 54-75 mm).
Including tubular bottle with flared rim, phial with flared rim and fluting, and other types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume 2, New York, 2003, p.132, for similar.
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Roman Bronze Artefact Group
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Including a hinged bracelet, belt buckle and plate, and other items. 132 grams total, 45-95 mm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. -
Roman Terracotta Lamp with Fighting Gladiators
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Composed of a discoid body with sunken discus bearing a scene of two gladiators in combat in relief, tabula ansata below, ring handle and roughly D-shaped nozzle with volutes; old crack to base. 84 grams, 12.4 cm
From a German collection. Ex Cambridge, UK, collection, 1980s.
The two gladiators seem to be wearing the armaturae of murmillones. All gladiators began their career as provocatores; the learning of their combat technique was polyvalent and allowed the fighters to specialise as a large shield-bearer (the scutati) like murmillones, or as a small shield-bearer, parmati, like the oplomachus. -
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Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Military Lunar Horse Harness Pendant and Hanger
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Composed of a pelta-shaped pendant (lunula) attached to a drop hanger decorated with concentric circles, the central one with remains of light blue and crimson enamel. 5.79 grams, 60 mm
Found Yorkshire, UK, in 2022. Property of a Yorkshire gentleman.
Horse harness pendants were often characterised by lunulae (small moons, i.e. pelta-shaped artefacts) and drop hangers. They were decorated with enamels of different colours.
