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1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BONE PIN FINIAL IN THE FORM OF THE BUST OF A ROMAN LADY
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Her hair dressed in arched rows of curls with a plaited chignon, on a spool-shaped base, traces of red; four other pins and cosmetic instruments, one with gilded terminal (one repaired), 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high max.; an Etruscan bronze strigil, 9½ in. (24.2 cm.) long; a fragmentary bronze round-mouthed jug with Medusa-head mask at base of handle, chased rosette rotelles on the rim, 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, both circa 5th Century B.C.; a Romano-Celtic bronze fibula in the form of a bird, 1st Century A.D., 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long; an Italic bronze leech-shaped fibula, 8th-6th Century B.C., 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) long, both with pins intact; nine Italic and Romano-Celtic bronze bracelets, some with beaded decoration, 3.1/8 in. (8 cm.) diam. max.; five mainly bronze rings including a Greek ring, the bezel engraved with a lion, 4th Century B.C., and a Saxon silver ring with coiled wire bezel; two Roman bronze bolts from tumbler locks, 1st-2nd Century A.D.; eight bronze key-rings, 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long max., mainly 1st-4th Century A.D.; a bronze spatula; a bronze combined pick and file; and an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti, circa 4th Century B.C., 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high(a lot)
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Her hair dressed in arched rows of curls with a plaited chignon, on a spool-shaped base, traces of red; four other pins and cosmetic instruments, one with gilded terminal (one repaired), 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high max.; an Etruscan bronze strigil, 9½ in. (24.2 cm.) long; a fragmentary bronze round-mouthed jug with Medusa-head mask at base of handle, chased rosette rotelles on the rim, 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, both circa 5th Century B.C.; a Romano-Celtic bronze fibula in the form of a bird, 1st Century A.D., 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long; an Italic bronze leech-shaped fibula, 8th-6th Century B.C., 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) long, both with pins intact; nine Italic and Romano-Celtic bronze bracelets, some with beaded decoration, 3.1/8 in. (8 cm.) diam. max.; five mainly bronze rings including a Greek ring, the bezel engraved with a lion, 4th Century B.C., and a Saxon silver ring with coiled wire bezel; two Roman bronze bolts from tumbler locks, 1st-2nd Century A.D.; eight bronze key-rings, 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long max., mainly 1st-4th Century A.D.; a bronze spatula; a bronze combined pick and file; and an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti, circa 4th Century B.C., 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high(a lot)
Provenance
Le Bois Muralt, Switzerland (see lot 95).
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.