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LOT 1010
Roman Marbled Cobalt Blue Glass Bottle
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
6 1/2 in. (102 grams, 16.5 cm).
With spherical, squat body and dimple base; tubular neck with flared mouth and rolled rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Cf. Edgar, M.C.C., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos.32401-32800, Graeco-Egyptian Glass, Cairo, 1905, p. 48 (CG 32619) and pl. VII, for a similar bottle.
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Roman Silver Ring with Garnet
Circa 3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A D-section silver hoop with leaf to each shoulder and ropework border to the void, flat scaphoid plaque with tiered bezel and inset garnet. 21.37 grams, 35.28 mm overall, 20.60 x 15.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Ex property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. -
Roman or Later Mosaic Glass Bead Group
1st-4th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising two double shape lampwork-decorated glass beads, considered as scroll-holders- a pendant to hold a prayer on rolled paper inside the large part- threaded as a pendant. 16.28 grams total, 20-21 mm
Acquired in London or Japan, early 1980s. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Marble Head of a Woman
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Carved in three-quarter view, with hair dressed in a chignon with frontal band and wavy segments; soft facial features with much detailing remaining to the proper right eye and mouth; likely a frieze fragment; mounted on an old collector's display stand with typed label 'Marble, woman's head / Egypt / C.25-100 A.D. / Cat.No. 6169'. 8.45 kg, 39 cm high
Acquired in trade from the San Franciscanum Museum, Israel, prior to 1980. with Archaeologia, pre 1983, Switzerland and Canada. 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.12964-242755.
The arrangement of the hair is characteristic of female portraits dating between the late Severan and Tetrarchic periods. The head, due to the treatment of the hair, finds comparisons with a female portrait in the Museo Nazionale Romano, depicting an elderly woman of the Antonine era, and with another female portrait in the same museum, dated to the third decade of the 3rd century A.D., reworked in the Tetrarchic period, and which showed a Severan so-called Nest Frisur hairstyle. The sculpture in question can therefore be dated between the full 3rd century A.D. and the first decades of the 4th century A.D. based on the hairstyle, the shape of eyes and eyebrows.
