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LOT 0699
Roman Redware Fragment Collection
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 3 7/8 in. (53.1 grams total, 50-97 mm).
Comprising three edge fragments: one with a centaur carrying away a woman, amphora below; one showing a butting goat defending itself against a large hound; one showing a profile head of a bearded man with a staff and bag, possibly the god Mercury, a leaping hound before him. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Roman Bronze Figure of Dionysus Child with Silver Inlays
1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Modelled in the round, a male infant with arms and right leg extended, left leg bent and raised; head looking downwards, with applied silver scales imitating a wreath; sturdy mounting peg to the reverse. 70.1 grams, 61 mm
Acquired on the German art market, 2002. European private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12053-211904.
The model appears to form part of a figural group. -
Roman Bronze Fragment Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: the majority of a foot with a rectangular socket; a face fragment showing the nose, left eye and part of the right eye; a lozenge-shaped mount with a low-relief image of a standing figure, one rivet in situ. 43.3 grams total, 34-60 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Amber Glass Unguentarium
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Squat amber glass vessel with piriform body and vertical ribbing, tubular neck with everted rolled rim. 21.8 grams, 63 mm
From a London gentleman's glass collection, UK, 1990s.
