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LOT 0741
Roman Silver Wine Strainer
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (100 grams, 17.7 cm).
Barrel-shaped body with flared rim, stepped rear plaque and flat-section handle; the body with pierced meander pattern; fragmentary base with scrolled tendrils and other patterns.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Property of a Essex gentleman.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1878,1012.24.
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With concentric lines of openwork ornament in lanceolate shapes, ending with crescent decorations. 40 grams, 86 mm
Mostly intact, good condition.
Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 1997. European private collection. 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.11998-211928.
In the 3rd century A.D. Roman army, the old ring suspension system of the sword, of Celtic and Iberian origin, was abandoned. The sword was now mainly carried suspended from a broad baldric on the soldier’s left side. The high quality of the openwork decoration of our phalera and the precious silver of which it is made imply that it may have once belonged to a commissioned officer.
