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LOT 0815
Roman to Medieval Artefact Group
1ST-19TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 5 7/8 in. (1.12 kg total, 2.1-15 cm).
Including an ivy-leaf pendant, belt buckles, crotal bell, spearhead-finial and other items [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Surrey collection.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
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Roman Bronze Bear-Head Dagger Pommel
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Hollow-formed with acute lower jaw, triangular muzzle, gusset and rounded rim to the socket-mouth. 29.5 grams, 44 mm
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Figure of a Boy with Silver Inlays
1st century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Modelled in the round, a male infant with arms and right leg extended, left leg bent and raised; head looking downwards, with applied silver scales imitating a wreath; sturdy mounting peg to the reverse. 70.1 grams, 61 mm
Acquired on the German art market, 2002. European private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12053-211904.
The model appears to form part of a figural group. -
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Figure
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising a shallow discus framed by concentric lines, low-relief image of a standing male reaching for a bowl with his right hand whilst supporting himself by grasping a low pillar with his left hand, filling hole flanking the pillar; volute to each side of the nozzle; maker's mark 'SVRIEPII'. 80 grams, 10.5 cm
Acquired on the European art market, 1980s. English private collection.
The period of activity of several well-known workshops—L M A D I E C , L M V N S V C , E R O T I S , G A B M E R C , and L M S V —is late Flavian to Trajanic, possibly Hadrianic.Based on this, we will not refer to the broader and too approximate dating given by Bailey to his group IV: Claudian to Trajanic.