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LOT 0700
Roman Military Bronze Chape with Horse Heads
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (16.5 grams, 47 mm).
Composed of two arching horse heads with annular eyes and notched manes, a small length of chain suspended from the lower edge.
ProvenanceEx collection of a Wiltshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0700
Roman Military Bronze Chape with Horse Heads
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Roman Footed Glass Vessel
3rd century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Bulbous body with a flaring foot and a tall funicular neck. 59.6 grams, 16.7 cm
From an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.
This bottle originates from an Eastern workshop; however, the high quality of the glass and the grinding away of the pontil mark suggest a date in the early 3rd century AD. -
Large Roman Cut-Glass Beaker
4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
With a thick conical body and a pontil base, five horizontal grooves cut around the outer face of the body; traces of iridescence. 288 grams, 18.8 cm
Dr Jutaro Kawabe, Nagoya, Japan, his collection formed in the 1960s-1970s. with Hoshigaoka Gallery until the late 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.13277-254062. -
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Roman Bronze Diploma Fragment
228 A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £150
Rectangular fragment with irregular clipped edges; Side A - trilinear concentric border to the corner; Side B - inscription in serifed capitals '[.]NAS IN MATRI[MONIO / [D]VXERINT PRIO[---] / [.]TOLLANT AC SI [---] / [CIVI]BVS RO[M]ANIS [---] / [ID]VS IANQATICI / [M.] MAECIO PRO[BO COS] / [.]A SEVERIANA'. 28.4 grams, 56 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
