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LOT 0683
Romano-British Fresco Wall Plaster with Turquoise Petalled Flower
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (159 grams, 80 mm).
Fragment of plaster with inclusions, dressed face with red painted field and painted flower (perhaps a snowdrop Galanthus). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Leicestershire, UK.
Acquired from a collector in 2012.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 0683
Romano-British Fresco Wall Plaster with Turquoise Petalled Flower
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Cylindrical in profile with dimpled sidewall and base, silver iridescence; circumferential trails to shoulder; interior sintered; old collector's label 'N-1688'. 57.9 grams, 90 mm
With Hôtel Drouot, 22-23 April 2001, no.576. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00075137. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Green Glass Bottle
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Ex London art market 1990s. From a London, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Rock Crystal Gemstone with Sobek
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Lentoid in section with engraved image of the crocodile-headed god Sobek, wearing a broad collar and pleated kilt, advancing with a spear, wearing the Pa-sekhemty crown; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.24 grams, 15 mm
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The primary centres of worship for Sobek during the Roman Period were Medinet el-Fayum (ancient Shedet) in the Fayum region and Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt, where live crocodiles were kept within the temple precincts. Sobek was associated with other deities and the pharaoh, symbolising procreative and vegetative fertility, as well as strength and power.
