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LOT 0605
Roman Samian Ware Wine Cup
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (111 grams, 12.5 cm wide).
Or a scyphus drinking cup, composed of a conical body, moulded foot, volute plates with gusseted handles below, bearded mature male mask plaques to the handle bases; floral, geometric and architectural decorative motifs to the body; possible maker's finger prints in the clay; some restoration.
ProvenanceEnglish collection, 1990s.
Ex property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 17.194.894, for a comparable vessel.
FootnotesProlific workshops making such terracotta operated at Arretium (modern Arezzo, Italy) during the Julio-Claudian period. They displayed lavish relief depictions of mythological scenes or floral and foliate ornamentation.
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Roman Bronze Musical Flute
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
An extremely rare aulos or tibia with round-section body, six circular holes to one side and a D-shaped hole to the reverse. 87 grams, 23 cm
Fine condition. Extremely rare.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed early 1960s-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 search certificate number no.11055-184396.
The flute was used for religious ceremonies and for entertainment. The pyrrhic, a war dance of Doric origin, was a rapid dance to the double flute, and made to resemble an action in battle.
