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LOT 1251
Roman Mosaic Glass Wheel Bead
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.87 grams, 12 mm).
Discoid in plan, millefiori type with transverse drilled hole.
ProvenanceFrom a private collection, acquired from l'Art Ancien, Montreal, Canada, 5th June 1987.
Anonymous sale, Bonhams, London, UK, 8 December 2022, no.63 (part).
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LOT 1251
Roman Mosaic Glass Wheel Bead
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Roman Glass Cameo
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: a carved female face in three-quarter view with luxuriant curls of hair, on a black glass field. 3.70 grams total, 21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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Roman Carnelian Gemstone of a Man Contemplating a Mask in a Nineteenth-Century Gold Ring
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D. and laterEstimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Comprising an oval carnelian intaglio depicting a male figure, resting his leg on a small pillar and holding a large mask or sculpted head in his hand; set in a later open collet setting. 1.82 grams, 19.32 mm overall, 17.12 x 15.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. -
Roman Chalcedony Gemstone Collection
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £90
Comprising an ellipsoid with a standing goddess Minerva (Athena) wearing a helmet and a long robe, holding a shield and a spear; one plano-convex in profile with a standing figure of Helios holding a sceptre, wearing an aureole crown, supplied with an impression. 2.11 grams total, 14-15 mm
Ex H.A.C. AG, Basel, between 1988-1999, (Label 'HAC N-2825' / 'HAC Schmuck und Gemmen 44').
