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LOT 0765
Roman Mixed Ceramic Vessel Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 - 7 3/4 in. (1.33 kg total, 5.6-19.5 cm).
Including a dish, a dish lid, terracotta plate and buff ware jar. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
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Roman and Other Glass Bead Necklace
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung designer group of mainly tubular and oblate glass and stone beads with a polyhedral centrepiece. 20.7 grams, 36.5 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Roman Bone Pyxis with Lion Heads
Circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Carved with thick rim to each end, ogee above the base and double band beneath the mouth; two facing lion masks modelled in high-relief, each with gaping jaws and a ring held between the jaws; disc to the base, domed lid. 39.7 grams, 71 mm
From the old collection of Colonel Ronde, circa 1980s. Property of a French collector. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12094-214901.
According to archaeologists, the pyxis could have served as a container for cosmetics, medicinal ointments, or perfume. Soldiers’ posessions often included carved vessels and lathe-turned bowls, spoons, spatulas, knives, discs and lids, as well as pyxides, which have been found in high numbers in military camps. -
Roman Decorated Terracotta Fragment
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Base from a cup or bowl with winged bust of Dionysus modelled in the half-round with goat-horns above the head, scrolled lateral wings, vine tendrils to the chest and hair. 54 grams, 76 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
