Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:
14th July 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/160
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    49 GOLD OBJECTS FOUND IN BRITAIN. 492 A Sorip Gorp Torque, consisting of double wire twisted spirally and narrowing towards the two ends, which terminate in simple loops. British. Broken. In case 1 493 A Sonmp Gotp SERPENTINE ARMILLA, of double wire twisted spirally, typical straight processes at the two ends. British. In case 1 POFrTHRY, five: 494 A Roman cinerary-urn, with cover; and six bronze reproduc- tions of Roman lamps, rhyton, &c. The urnis antique 7 495 Twenty-five Greek and Roman terra-cotta lamps, comprising many rare types 25 496 Highteen Greek and Roman lamps, in terra-cotta. An exceptionally good lot 18 497 Forty-two decorated pottery vases, &e., chiefly Greek, com- prising cenochoe, lekythi, aryballi, kylixes, &e. 42 498 An Erruscan SEPULCHRAL CHEST, in terra-cotta, with lid— about 15 in. long by 15 in. high. On the lid is an effigy of the deceased, whose calcined remains are still pre- served in the chest. On the front is shown in relief a combat between two warriors, two winged figures looking on; above the panel an HKtruscan inscription 499 ive Roman and Romano-British urns ; and eleven fragments of other specimens 16 500 Four quern-stones, found in Winchester 4 501 Four others, also found in Winchester a rn > | 503 Thirteen pottery urns, jugs, &c., including a large amphora ee on tripod ; all of late date 13 » A painted wood ushabti-box; a small mummy, probably of ~ os ee f° a child; and an aragonite alabastron i iy 4 : ; 3 1 E- BOE | A box containing a quantity of Prehistoric flints, stones, horn 7 m objects, and early pottery fragments a lot te 4, is] - jlo LOD Another box containing a quantity of Prehistoric and other et 7s ae, stone objects, pottery fragments, &c. a lot (yy. 14) D j 7 ,
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