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LOT 0800
Roman Redware Sherd with Warriors from the Trojan Cycle
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (163 grams, 10.1 cm).
Displaying an possibly unfinished scene composed of robed warriors or other figures wearing Phrygian caps, wide tunics with segmenta, oriental trousers (anaxyrida) and tugging on a rope; later attachment loop to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Cf. for a similar image of warriors see the miniature of Ilias Amrosiana in Del Como, D. (ed.), Omero, Iliade ed Odissea, Milano, 1983, p.507.
FootnotesThe scene probably represents an episode of the Trojan cycle, with the Trojans (usually represented in Late Antiquity with a Phrygian cap, wide sleeved tunics and Persian-style trousers) dragging the wooden horse inside the walls of Troy. In the late Roman Empire the Trojan cycle became often the subject of artistic representations, such as the famous Ilias Ambrosiana now preserved in Milan, or the miniatures of the Vergilius Romanus.
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LOT 0800
Roman Redware Sherd with Warriors from the Trojan Cycle
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Roman Inscribed Orange Sardonyx Gemstone with Philosopher Seated Under a Tree
1st century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
The oval stone engraved with an old man (a philosopher?) seated on a stone, wearing a low cap, half naked and with the cloak covering his leg; his right hand resting beside him, and his left hand raised in the act of speaking; a tree behind, inscription in Greek letters 'ψίω' (= eat). 1.01 grams, 13 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
A particularly recognisable representation in Graeco-Roman art was that of a male character, with a bald head and a slightly pointed beard, seated in profile on a simple seat or on a rock. It represents the philosopher, who often has his hand raised in the gesture of speaking or holds a volume in his hands, characterised according to the rules of cynicism, by the bare torso and the cloak that covers his legs. The inscription refers to the imperative to 'feed' on knowledge. -
Roman Blue Glass Necklace Bead Group
Circa 1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising beads in various shades of blue and turquoise, including biconical, cylindrical, tubular, facetted and other types, together with decoratively twisted examples. 56 grams total, 6-28 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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Miniature vessels including unguentaria in various colours. 56 grams total, 42-83 mm
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