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LOT 0608
Roman Terracotta Bottle
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (432 grams, 18.5 cm).
Piriform in profile with broad flared rim to the mouth; chip to equator. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Roman and Later Artefact Group
2nd-3rd century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: a heart-shaped openwork mount; a pelta-shaped openwork mount with stud to the reverse; a buckle; a domed strap divider; a conical strap-slider(?) with rope decoration; a decorative mount with foliate sprays; a bar with conical finials. 60 grams total, 21-56 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Large Romano-British Jet Gaming Dice
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Cuboid with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. 1.78 grams, 12 mm
Found UK. From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.27(A). -
Roman Bronze Statuette of Harpocrates
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Presented as a very young child sitting on the ground, wearing a long tunic which covers his body and legs down to his feet; right arm bent and hand raised to the shoulder, left hand curved around an object (absent); sporting the conventional sidelock behind the right ear; mounted in a custom-made tiered wooden stand. 213 grams, 73 mm (276 grams total, 10.2 cm including stand)
Ex Hanna Saba collection, Ambassador to Egypt-USA-France (1909-1992). Private European collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12098-218159.
His name was Hellenized in the Ptolemaic era and adopted by the Romans, indicating the mythological figure of Horus the child; he was the son of Isis and Osiris, and adored especially in Alexandria.
