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LOT 0693
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (60 grams, 10.5 cm).
Decorative band surrounding the filler hole, tapering lug handle to the rear, and the base with low-relief decoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Cambridge, UK, gentleman, by direct descent from his father, who acquired the items in London in circa 1960.
LiteratureSee Bussière, J. & Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.525, for type (Eastern variant of Loeschcke VIII ?).
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LOT 0693
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp
Estimate £40 - 70€46 - 81 (for guidance only)$54 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Roman Orange Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of oblate and annular beads with larger beads as a central feature, restrung. 7.68 grams, 39.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Roman Pillar-Moulded Pale Green Glass Bowl
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 7 | Current Bid: £650
Shallow bowl with moulded pillar detailing on the outer face. 142 grams, 12.6 cm wide
Acquired from Millennium Antiquities, Lancashire, UK, in 2001. From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady. Accompanied by an original Millennium Antiquities certificate of authenticity dated 13 October 2001.
Ribbed bowls were typical cast tableware belonging to the early Imperial period, and parallels have been found throughout the Roman provinces and beyond. In Cyprus, as elsewhere in the eastern half of the Empire, bowls with short, close-set ribs concentrated around the middle of the body constitute a large group. -
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Roman Marble Left Foot from a Sculpture
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Comprising an elegantly carved lower part of the calf and foot, a detailed rendering of the toes; the proportions suggesting that the subject was a child or a young woman; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 771 grams total, 15 cm high including stand
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), thence by descent. Ex Galerie Dominique Thirion, Brussels, 1990s. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London, UK. 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 a search certificate number no.13010-246748.
The foot was a prominent feature on sculptures: more susceptible to weathering and the ravages of time than a head or a torso, the fragments that survive are often badly damaged. It is also possible that this piece belonged to a sculpture created via the acrolith technique, in which the sculptor focused his attention solely on the unclothed parts of the figure, which were made from a more valuable material than the rest of the piece.
