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LOT 0165
Roman Marble Face Fragment
1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (1.21 kg, 15.5 cm).
Plano-convex in section with exaggerated puffy cheeks and small pursed mouth; possibly from a putto in a figural frieze.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0165
Roman Marble Face Fragment
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Roman Black Glass Bead Necklace String
4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Composed of mainly oblate beads restrung to a Y-shape. 9.93 grams, 48 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
In the Roman period there was a strong formal and chromatic diversity of glass beads used for necklaces and bracelets. The most common beads in forms were small biconical (lenticular), barrel-shaped, spherical and annular; the most common colours were dark blue, followed by green and yellow. The succession of glass beads often imitates jewellery made of costly materials (gold, silver, semi-precious and precious stones). Green, blue-green, blue, yellow, and black drawn and rounded glass beads (like here) are late Roman types. -
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2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,667
Thick conical body with short tubular neck, everted rim with bevelled lip, neck decorated with horizontally incised bands; some iridescence. 964 grams, 28.7 cm
From the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès private collection. with Artcurial, Paris, 25 March 2014, no.39. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12829-241333. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising of a bow fibula fragment, openwork mount, key with lateral lobe with teeth, a conical handle(?) with discoid base. 154 grams total, 28-65 mm
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
