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LOT 0844
Roman Green Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
15 1/4 in. (14.4 grams, 38.5 cm).
Restrung designer necklace string of tubular, oblate and other types with heart-shaped pendant centrepiece. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Roman Sard Gemstone of a Panther
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
With intaglio profile image of a large cat prone to the left; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.32 grams, 11 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12951-246458.
This depiction clearly belongs to a series of renderings of felines as the mounts, draught animals, and companions of Dionysus/Bacchus, and of the personages connected with him. Lions, panthers and leopards are among the attributes of the god Bacchus and a part of his thiasos (retinue). -
Roman Face Artefact Collection
1st-3rd century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £182
Including ring bezel with glass insert, face bead, and other types. 21 grams total, 14-29 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
Roman Silver Crossbow Brooch
Circa 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With barrel-shaped knops with collar beneath to the ends of the headplate and medially along the top edge; deep trapezoidal-section bow with median gusset and notch detailing; D-section footplate with chamfered sides open to one edge, its upper face of the bow with notched detailing; hinged pin to reverse. 15.3 grams, 54 mm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
