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LOT 0113
Roman Lead Coffin Panel with Sphinx, Medusa and Dolphins
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D
31 1/2 in. (13.65 kg, 80 cm).
Decorated with a high-relief pattern comprising sphinxes surrounded by dolphins and masks of Medusa surrounded by laurel leaves all between Corinthian columns; ropework and floral border strips with laurel leaves above and lip below the upper edge.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-early 1990s.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
See Payne, G., Roman Leaden Coffin discovered at Plumstead in Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol.17, 1887, fig.10, for the presence of lead sarcophagi in Roman Britain; for a similar specimen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.31.116a-i; Penn Museum, coffin panel B10280, from Lebanon (Tyre).
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LOT 0113
Roman Lead Coffin Panel with Sphinx, Medusa and Dolphins
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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Roman Bronze Silenus Mount
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Mask of Silenus modelled in the half-round with curly hair and luxuriant beard; hollow to the reverse. 31.5 grams, 36 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Gold and Bead Earring
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Drop earring comprising a single looped shank with pinched ribbing, four seed pearl beads, tightly bound wire finial. 1.73 grams, 34 mm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s. -
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Roman Yellow Glass Flask
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Mould-blown from translucent glass, the globular body on a circular flat base tapering at the shoulders to a cylindrical neck with an everted rim; a single applied handle; the body decorated with a horizontal band of a continuous Vitruvian wave framed by a double circumferential line, decorative ridges above and below; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 16.7 grams, 66 mm (33.9 grams total, 79.4 mm high including stand)
From the property of the late Mr SM, London, UK, 1948-2000. Ex J.L. collection Surrey, UK.
