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LOT 0908
Roman Silver Beetle Ring
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (0.43 grams, 20.35 mm overall, 15.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Flat-section penannular body, angled bezel with a low-relief beetle motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
Modelled in the half-round, with grotesque facial features and scooped crescentic mouth, segmented beard; ferrous stud to reverse. 27.2 grams, 30 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Ring with Animal
3rd-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Round-section large hoop with pellets at the shoulders, discoid bezel with stylised sinuous animal. 7.89 grams, 27.31 mm overall, 22.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Large Mounted Roman Linen Tunic
Circa 4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Comprising half of the upper part of a tunica manicata in light fabric, S-twist tapestry, ornamented with dark purple clavi with orbiculi and tablia, wool over linen; mounted in fabric backing and perspex display frame. 7.7 kg total, mount: 1.64 m
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The tunic is decorated in purple with opus phrygium embroidery. The archaeological evidence from the dry desert cemeteries of Egypt offers striking confirmation of pictorial sources about late Roman clothing around the empire.
