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LOT 0612
Roman 'Thurburbo Major' Terracotta Oil Lamp
NORTHERN TUNISIA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (140 grams, 10.8 cm).
Shallow body with a D-shaped handle at the rear, the edge with a vine-leaf border, two filler holes at the centre flanking a profile bust; an old label at the base reading 'Roman redware terracotta lamp excavated at Thurburbo Major c. 3rd-4th cent AD'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Vanessa Purcell & Company, Manchester, UK, in 1993.
From the collection of Mr & Mrs J.G.W. Lee, late Herefordshire collectors, their collection having been established from the 1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of an original sales receipt.
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LOT 0612
Roman 'Thurburbo Major' Terracotta Oil Lamp
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Roman Marble Head of a Woman
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,400
Carved in three-quarter view, with hair dressed in a chignon with frontal band and wavy segments; soft facial features with much detailing remaining to the proper right eye and mouth; likely a frieze fragment; mounted on an old collector's display stand with typed label 'Marble, woman's head / Egypt / C.25-100 A.D. / Cat.No. 6169'. 8.45 kg, 39 cm high
Acquired in trade from the San Franciscanum Museum, Israel, prior to 1980. with Archaeologia, pre 1983, Switzerland and Canada. 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.12964-242755.
The arrangement of the hair is characteristic of female portraits dating between the late Severan and Tetrarchic periods. The head, due to the treatment of the hair, finds comparisons with a female portrait in the Museo Nazionale Romano, depicting an elderly woman of the Antonine era, and with another female portrait in the same museum, dated to the third decade of the 3rd century A.D., reworked in the Tetrarchic period, and which showed a Severan so-called Nest Frisur hairstyle. The sculpture in question can therefore be dated between the full 3rd century A.D. and the first decades of the 4th century A.D. based on the hairstyle, the shape of eyes and eyebrows. -
Roman Gold Earring Pair
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Matched pair of hoop earrings, each with a circular cell set with a malachite(?) insert, beaded collar surrounding. 2.12 grams total, 14.8-15.2 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman to Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1st-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Mixed group of rings, including an archer's ring and a ring with a cross motif. 49 grams, 18-25.6 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
