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LOT 0798
Roman Wall Plaster Fragment Group
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (494 grams total, 58-91 mm).
Each amorphous fragment displaying one prepared surface and retaining Roman cement to the reverse. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North London collection in the 1990s.
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Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each fragment decorated with foliate motifs in raised relief to the external sidewall. 195 grams total, 6.7-11.8 cm
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Heavy Roman Silvered Bronze Bowl
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With wide flat bottom decorated inside with incised concentric circles, the internal concave surface retaining some of the silver coating; the central umbilicus still visible. 860 grams, 22.8 cm wide
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
This vessel (lanx) was part of Roman and provincial bronze instrumentum domesticum, i.e. culinary or domestic utility ware. Such cooking vessels are rare in such condition: some are found in central and northern Gaul, Italy, in Pannonia, Germany and in Britain. Specimens of precious metal, richly decorated and chiselled, sometimes adorned with reliefs, are mentioned by ancient authors such as Cicero (Ad Att., VI,1,13) and Ovid (Pont.III,5,20).
