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LOT 0839
Roman Gold Ring with Warrior Holding Shield Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.35 grams, 21.83 mm overall, 18.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Carnelian cloison with intaglio figure with helmet and shield; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Roman Gold Ring with Glass Bezel
2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
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. 3.07 grams, 25.34 mm overall, 16.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Silenus Statuette
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Bust and torso of Silenus in dramatic pose with right hand raised, wreath of leaves to the hair and garland of grapes and vine leaves to the chest; lower body developing to a scrolled foliage mount with lateral rosettes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 319 grams total, 13.5 cm including stand
with Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 8 April 1997, no.102. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The figure represents either Silenus himself, the aged and semi-bestial companion of Dionysus, or a satyr - a member of the feral group of which he was the leader. As a devotee of Dionysus, Silenus is often shown with Bacchantes, female celebrants in the cult of wine-drinking, music and other pleasurable pursuits. -
Roman Floor Mosaic Tesserae Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mainly cuboid in form, some embedded in concrete matrix. 182 grams total, 8-29 mm
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
