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LOT 0108
Roman Gold Spiral-Twisted Wire Bracelet with Central Bezel
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (35.78 grams, 80 mm).
Penannular hollow-form bracelet formed from a spiral-wound rod with an end-cap and loop; closure by means of a hollow-formed cap with fluted sidewall and dome to upper face with granulation detailing.
Provenancewith Bukowski's Stockholm, December 2002, no.719.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Private collection, Stockholm.
Accompanied by copies of a Swedish cultural export licence, no. RAA-2025-1646.
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.12958-242701.
Cf. for a very similar bracelet the British Museum, item 1917.0601.2814, in Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, no.2814.
FootnotesSuch bracelets were widespread in the Roman period, during the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D., with a variation of dimensions, bezels and materials. On some artefacts, the sleeves making up the twist were hollow tubes filled with stucco, resin or plaster, preventing them from deforming. The stucco was left in the sleeve to give it a greater impact resistance, but this did not allow for longer welding of the tubes by fire, because the composition would boil.
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LOT 0108
Roman Gold Spiral-Twisted Wire Bracelet with Central Bezel
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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Roman Gold Amulet Case
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Cylindrical body with domed finials with applied pellets, cornerless cube-shaped suspension loop with applied pellet and filigree annulets. 0.78 grams, 14 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Assessing the typology and chronology of such amulet capsules is very difficult, and precise dating is usually impossible, especially since the context of the find is often unknown, as in this case. According to Schienerl, prismatic, usually hexagonal amulet capsules only appear in the 2nd or 3rd century, while the use of amulets in the Eastern Roman Empire ceased after the 7th century. -
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Roman Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung designer necklace string of mainly oblate beads strung to a Y-shape. 11.3 grams, 37 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Roman Glass Cup with Wheel-Cut Lines
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
With biconvex body, dimple base, convex rim, wheel-cut circumferential bands. 131 grams, 95 mm
From an important London collection of glass, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This form is similar to beakers produced in Roman Cyprus. The rim and the wall of these objects are very thin; in one similar beaker in the Cesnola collection they are less than 0.1 cm thick. They belong to the Vessberg beaker type A.II.α.
