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LOT 0797
Roman Portrait Cameo with Bronze Chain
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (9 in.) (44 grams total, 50 mm (23 cm with chain)).
Ellipsoid in plan and biconvex in section with profile bust modelled in the half-round, with loop and suspension chain.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market, 1989-1995.
with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003.
Property of a London based academic, 2003 to present.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Lady Walston, Newton Hall, Newton, Cambridgeshire. The collection of Mr Edric Van Vredenburgh. with Sotheby’s, London, The Eclectic World of Edric Van Vredenburgh, 6 June 2006, no.97. British private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12743-235193. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Including profile bust, standing figure and other types; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.89 grams total, 9-14 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
