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LOT 0896
Roman Pale Blue Glass Candlestick Unguentarium
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (25.7 grams, 12.2 cm).
Bulbous body with a tubular neck with a rolled rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Shirley Warren Antique Glass, Surrey, UK.
From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady.
Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass, New York, 2017, pp.238-239, 242 nos.345, 352, for similar unguentaria.
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LOT 0896
Roman Pale Blue Glass Candlestick Unguentarium
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Silver Appliqué with Head of Medusa
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid in plan with a gorgoneion motif; hollow to reverse. 9.03 grams, 19 mM
Property of a European gentleman, acquired from the estate of a London collector (formed before 2000). -
Etrusco-Italic Bronze Figure of Young Hercules
Archaic Style, circa 4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Modelled in the round figure standing in advancing pose with the right hand raised and fist clenched; left shoulder and arm covered with the skin of the Nemean lion and left hand modelled hollow; hair cut short and textured. 307 grams, 12 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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 a search certificate number no.12515-232159.
There were several cult sites of Hercules in Etruria and old Latium, particularly in the Sabellian region, and the bronze statuettes discovered here exhibit a wide range of styles. Etruscan bronzes of the half-god usually represent him with the lion skin draped over his arm (Metropolitan accession number 96.9.419). -
Roman Green Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of tubular and oblate beads, the central feature composed of a facetted and a large cylindrical bead, restrung. 13.5 grams, 44.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.
