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LOT 0767
Roman Silver Bird Statuette
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.63 grams, 21 mm wide).
Modelled in the round with naturalistic detailing, with two legs held together, likely not a pin finial.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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LOT 0767
Roman Silver Bird Statuette
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Roman Gold Ring with Oval Bezel
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
With plain ellipsoid integral plaque and slender hoop. 2.99 grams, 21.94 mm overall, 16.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Roman Lead Weight Collection
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mostly tabular in form, displaying varying numbers of dimples to one or multiple faces. 181 grams total,13-29 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Roman Bronze Bracelet Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising three flat-section bracelets with overlapping rounded terminals. 41 grams total, 61-68 mm
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
Bracelets were worn in Rome by ladies of rank, but it was considered a mark of effeminacy for civilian men to use such female ornaments (Suetonius, Caligula, 52; Nero, 30). The armillae (or psellia in Greek) were rings and bracelets worn by women in the Graeco-Roman world on both legs and arms. Homer mentions them (elikas) as being part of the hairstyle of the divine Aphrodite, thus giving an almost sacred character to these objects. There were different types, the most common consisting of a more or less thick metal wire, or a flat or cylindrical circle, like our examples.
