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LOT 0660
Roman Gold Necklace Element and Earring Set
2ND CENTURY A.D.
11 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (1 1/2 in.) (435 grams total, display stand: 30 x 23.5 cm (earrings: 38 mm each)).
Comprising a matching pair of earrings, each composed of a hollow crescentic body tapering to slender coiled wire terminals, a suspension loop to each shoulder, large tear-shaped cell to front with granulated border, set with a polished garnet cabochon, gold bulbs below in the form of a bunch of grapes, adorned with smaller granules and three cells set with polished garnet cabochons; the necklace elements comprising graduated beads, alternating between roughly spherical polished garnets and sheet-gold beads of various types including gusseted, biconical and tubular, two floral filigree pendants flanking a central pendant ornamented with 'plaited' and plain filigree wire with granules to the outside, finial of trefoil bulbs, central corrugated cell set with a polished garnet cabochon; mounted on a custom-made perspex display base. [3]
ProvenanceEx private European collection, 1970s.
with Genève Enchères, 14 December 2017, Lot 999.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11584-199015.
Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1907, no.2714; D’Ambrosio, A., Gli ori di Oplontis, Napoli, 1987; Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli, L., L’oro dei Romani, gioielli di etá imperiale, Roma, 1992; Humar, M., 'Gioielli Castellani, collezione e manifattura' in Vespertilla, Anno XI. no.5, Settembre-Ottobre 2014, p.47.
FootnotesBeryls, used as small pendants, and not placed horizontally, characterised Roman necklaces of 2nd century A.D. A typical example is the necklace found in the grave of Crepereia Tryphaena. The contents of the grave are dated to the Antonine age based on the sarcophagus, the inscription, and the hairstyle of the doll it contains.
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LOT 0660
Roman Gold Necklace Element and Earring Set
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Standing nude on one leg on a cuboid socle base, the other leg raised and extended, right arm raised and bent, hand open to accept a sceptre, left arm extended with patera in the open hand, short mantle to the shoulders, hair and rays framing the face. 57 grams, 72 mm including stand
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. From an EU collection before 2020. -
Roman Green Glass Nursing Bottle
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Composed of a squat bulbous body with broad shoulder, slender cylindrical neck with flared rim, conical spout to the shoulder; kick-up to base; iridescent surfaces. 50 grams, 13.7 cm high
Fine condition.
Paris collection, 1990s. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection. -
Roman Gold Ring with Banded Glass
1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Hollow-formed with ellipsoid bezel, inset panel of banded iridescent glass bearing an image of a nude Greek hero with long hair, the head turned back, carrying branches, an amphora or jug at his feet. 1.18 grams, 18.29 mm overall, 15.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998.
The inset glass bezel is probably archaic Greek or Etruscan and reused in Roman times. The traits of the man point to Archaic Hellenic features, especially the oval eyes and the long hair, and the pointed beard reminiscence of the Achaean heroes.
