CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
FOUR ROMANO-BRITISH ENAMELED BRONZE SEAL BOXES
circa 1st-2nd century a.d.
Including three of lozenge-shape, one ornamented with crossed diagonal lines, each lozenge with blue or yellow enamel; one with a four petal rosette; and one with a central triskele pattern on a white ground, enclosed within a lozenge with serrated edge; and one square box with knobbed corners, ornamented with a flowing ribbon pattern in red on a blue-green ground
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long for the largest (4)
circa 1st-2nd century a.d.
Including three of lozenge-shape, one ornamented with crossed diagonal lines, each lozenge with blue or yellow enamel; one with a four petal rosette; and one with a central triskele pattern on a white ground, enclosed within a lozenge with serrated edge; and one square box with knobbed corners, ornamented with a flowing ribbon pattern in red on a blue-green ground
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long for the largest (4)
Provenance
Fine Antiquities, Christie's London, 10 July 1991, lot 123 (for the first).
Fine Antiquities, Christie's London, 11 July 1990, lot 388 (for the others).
Fine Antiquities, Christie's London, 11 July 1990, lot 388 (for the others).