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LOT 0595
Roman to Post Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1ST-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 in. (75 grams total, 16-26 mm).
Composed of rings of various types and sizes, including bezels with decorative geometric, zoomorphic and enamelled designs. [20]
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market around 2000.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Large Roman Bronze Basilisk
4th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £278
The upper body, neck and head of a mythical basilisk (cockatrice), modelled in the round with the body of a serpent and head of a cockerel, the body with a tapering round-section profile, stylised detailing to the head. 260 grams, 88 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
The basilisk, known from the Renaissance onwards as a cockatrice, was a Graeco-Roman mythical two-legged dragon or serpent-like creature with a cock's head. It had the reputed ability to kill people by either looking at them, touching them, or sometimes breathing on them. According to legend a cockatrice would die instantly upon hearing a rooster crow, and having a cockatrice looking at itself in a mirror was one of the few sure ways to kill it. -
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Roman Bronze Animal Collection
Mainly 1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
Comprising: a dolphin head with stylised detailing; swan on discoid base; bird's head with hooked beak; bird standing on polygonal base, curved neck and slightly spread wings; head of another animal, possibly mythical; with a later Byzantine lock-plate with bird standing left. 292 grams total, 20-60 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection. -
Roman Glass Bead Necklace with Gold Pendant
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Composed mainly of semi-opaque beads of tubular, spherical, carinated and other types, including gold in glass and examples with iridescence, together with a sheet-gold repoussé bead; restrung. 15.3 grams, 49 cm long
Ex Garcia collection, France, 1990s.
