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LOT 0639
Romano-British 'Colchester' Mortarium Sherd Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 - 11 5/8 in. (1.64 kg total. 11-29.5 cm).
Including mainly rim fragments, one with the pouring lip; on marked 'Colchester / CM/23', another with 'Col / CM/19'. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Colchester, UK.
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
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Romano-British Enamelled Bronze 'VITA VENI' Knee Brooch
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With cylindrical transverse headplate, scoped profile to the bow, catch to the reverse; shallow enamelled cells with reserved 'VITA VENI' legend translating to: '(My) life, come (to me)', since the Romans used the word uita ('life') as a term of endearment – Cicero, for example, when writing to his wife, calls her mea uita ('my life'), equivalent to 'darling'. 20.6 grams, 39 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Roman and Other Glass Bead Necklace
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Restrung designer group of graduated seed beads, oblate, biconvex and other types, the centrepiece a polyhedral bead. 15.7 grams, 41 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Roman Marble Female Head
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Carved in the half-round, showing a mature female with rounded facial features and hair drawn back in a chignon; band and ridged body of the headdress in Egyptianising style; mounted on a custom-made wooden display stand. 520 grams total, 17 cm including stand
Private collection, Munich, Germany. with Heritage of Ketterer, Munich, Germany. with Auction House Ursula Nusser E.K., Germany, 2011, no.4021.
