SOLD - July 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #540660
SOLD - Jul

An attractive pale but bright blue glass vessel. The heavy squat conical base is set with a tapering neck which in turn is completed by a funnel-shaped folded rim. Roman, c. 2nd Century AD Intact except for a very small ancient crack or firing fault in the rim. Size: 6.8 x 4.7 cms Ex Private Collection, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.

SOLD - June 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #535702
SOLD - Jun

A moulded pottery oil lamp with a brown glazed surface and plain discus framed by a series of moulded lines. Roman, Central Italy, 1st Century AD. Repaired from several pieces with an area of loss to the tondo (filled by a crude restoration using different pottery fragments). Size: 8.5 x 6.8 cms Ex. Rambaut Collection, France. Acquired 1950's.

SOLD - July 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #535694
SOLD - Jul

A very finely moulded unglazed pottery oil lamp. The tondo is decorated with a rosette which is bordered by an elaborate olive wreath. Signed (sgraffito) to the base: RESTITVTI Roman, North African colonies, 2nd or 3rd Century AD. Size: 12.5 x 9.3 cms Nozzle and handle chipped, otherwise in very good condition with unusually fine modelling. Ex. Rambaut Collection, France. Acquired 1950's.

SOLD - Aug 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #535692
SOLD - Aug

A superb quality glazed and moulded pottery oil lamp. The tondo is decorated with a profile portrait of Hercules who wears the Nemean lion skin over his head and shoulders (the paws of the lion skin are tied in a knot across his chest). Hercules is shown with a powerful forehead (an artistic style conceived by the Greek sculptor Skopas to add the image of strength to a figure) and deeply incised cheeks to define a rugged beard. The lamp is moulded with a wide volute spout. Roman, Central Ital... Click for details

sold - june 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #535689
sold - jun

A large red slip ware decorated pottery oil lamp. The tondo is decorated with a moulded appliqué in the form of a Roman ship or galley above three filling holes. The ship is depicted with full sails, a tall bow and a large number of oars which descend below the waterline. The base is signed indistinctly. Depictions of Roman ships are not common. Roman North Africa, circa 4th or 5th Century AD. Intact though eroded a little in places.. Size: 13.5 x 9.5 cms Ex. Private collection, Sussex, ... Click for details

SOLD - May 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #528724
SOLD - May

A bracelet strung with a selection of ancient Roman glass beads. The majority of the beads are light green in colour, interspersed by the occasional cream, blue or pink example. Roman, 1st to 4th Centuries AD Intact, strung on modern jeweller's wire with modern gold plated fittings and fully wearable. Size: 18.5 cms length when unfolded. Provenance: Ex private collection, UK.

SOLD -June 2006 Roman glazed pottery oil lamp

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #528713
SOLD -June

A fine quality red glazed pottery oil lamp with a round discus and a pointed nozzle framed by a pair of volute scrolls. Central Italy, Roman, 1st Century AD Intact save for an ancient firing crack on the tondo. Size: 9.4 x 6.5 cms Ex. Rambaut Collection, France. Acquired in the 1950's.

SOLD- May 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #516622
SOLD- May

An assortment of green and blue glass beads interspersed by large hemispherical or shield-shaped gold bosses to form a beautiful and wearable bracelet. Roman, 1st to 3rd Century AD. Intact. The gold is a little bit delicate but fine for occasional use. The bar and loop fittings are modern. Size: 19.5 cms unfolded. The gold bosses measure approximately 1.5 cms diameter each. Ex. Private Collection, London, UK.

SOLD - APRIL 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #516619
SOLD - APR

A pair of earrings mounted with a collection of attractive pale green pearlescent glass beads. Roman, 1st to 3rd Century AD Size: 2.7 cms, length of each droplet. Mounted on modern gold plated fittings and fully wearable.

Sold - Sept 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #516610
Sold - Sep

A heavy gold earring mounted with two fine filigree gold beads above a pair of baroque pearls. Iran, Parthian Empire, 1st or 2nd Century AD. Intact except for a small attachment bar. Could easily be mounted and worn as a pendant on a necklace. Size: 3.2 cms