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LOT 0675
Roman Redware Pottery Vessel
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 in. (340 grams, 11.8 cm high).
Biconvex in profile with narrow foot, broad shoulder and everted rim; radiating low-relief rosette pattern to the shoulder, fluted upper body, old gallery label to verso.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
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The discoid body formed as an openwork monogram ROMA in Latin letters, the M and A ligated, the O formed by the brooch frame itself; ROMA also a palindrome for AMOR. 13.9 grams, 32 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The brooch is engraved with stylised letters ‘RMA’. When viewed from the default side, RMA + the circle of the brooch form a monogram for ‘Roma’. Roma refers to both the city and its divine personification, the Dea Roma. When RMA is read from right to left (or the brooch is viewed from the opposite side), the letters form a monogram for ‘AMOR’, the Latin name for Cupid, the god of love. The phrase pertains to Roma-Amor, a widely recognised palindrome espousing Roman wordplay in the ancient times. -
Romano-British 'Colchester' Roof Tile Sherd
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Found Colchester, Essex, UK. From 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.
