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LOT 0109
Roman Gold Ring with Glass Bezel
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (3.07 grams, 25.34 mm overall, 16.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
With a hollow-form D-section hoop and tall oval bezel set with a glass intaglio bearing a profile bust of a lady, her hair pulled back to a chignon at the nape of the neck.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 134, for type.
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LOT 0109
Roman Gold Ring with Glass Bezel
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Roman Bronze Hand Weight
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Right hand in relaxed stance with gently curled fingers, socket to rear for attachment. 7.9 grams, 23 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Bust of a Kouros
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Modelled in the round with elaborate braided hair, large lentoid eyes, bare chest; hollow to reverse. 99 grams, 75 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Gold Earrings
4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Matched pair, each a slender hoop with hook-and-eye closure, dangle with green glass tubular bead and provision for another similar bead. 3.6 grams total, 35-38 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.