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LOT 0802
Roman Silver Earring Pair
CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.91 grams total, 18-20 mm).
Each composed of a tapering ear hoop and domed discoid plaque over a horizontal bar; one incomplete. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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Roman 'Thames' Bronze Phallic Seal Box and Pendant Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The seal box with remains of articulate hinge, raised phallus to top face with red enamelled detail; exaggerated stylised penis pendant with fragment of suspension loop remaining. 10.6 grams total, 29-41 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK. -
Roman Marble Head of a Youth
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
Naturalistically modelled in the round, large and deep eyes with a thoughtful expression under the heavy eyelids; lips lightly profiled and parted; the back and lower part roughly treated indicating that it was prepared to be installed in a hollow or part of a relief; mounted on a custom-made display base. 4.59 kg total, 25 cm high including stand
Ex private Swiss collection, prior to the late 1980s. Acquired at Camels-Cohen Auction 228, Paris, France, 16 & 17 September 2003, lot 324. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by an academic report by Professor Neritan Ceka. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11806-206511.
The realistic style of treatment of the portrait and the preservation of classical features, in the examples of Cicero, Pompeius, or Agrippa, lead us to the last period of Roman republican portraiture, around the middle of the 1st century B.C. On the other hand, the frontal symmetry of the face, the serious expression of the eyes and the hair behind the neck, refer to the Greek sculpture of the Rigorous Style, from which the presentation of the portrait may have been inspired. These features could suggest also dating of the portrait to the last decades of the rule of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty in Rome, when there is a return to the realistic tradition of the portrait, as well as to the hairstyle with the parallel curls of the hair on the forehead in the figures, as in the portrait of Emperor Caligula (37-41 A.D.). -
Roman Gold Earring Pair with Modern Clasps
Circa 1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Each earring composed of an openwork drum-shaped body with domed top face decorated with filigree petals, the underside displaying a ring of bulbs, central dangle suspending a blue stone bead over a collared gold spacer bead and pearl bead below; modern ear-hooks to allow for wearing. 5.17 grams total, 47 mm each
Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the collection of a North London, UK, gentleman.
