Noonans
Auction 269 8-9 Mar 2023
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Roman, Romano-British, A black polished shale lion, 8cm long by 5.5cm high by 2cm deep; devouring lion with captive prey held in its jaws, legs outstretched upwards; the lion has oval eyes and a mane parted in the middle with four bands of hair on each side, each with seven or eight straight grooves which continue down each side. Damaged at the front and back with the shale surface cracking and lifting in areas
£40-£60
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Provenance: Found in Hampshire
Shale objects from the Roman period are usually finger rings, beads or armlets made on a lathe, the shale coming from the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, contained in the Kimmeridge clay bed.
Roman, Romano-British, A black polished shale lion, 8cm long by 5.5cm high by 2cm deep; devouring lion with captive prey held in its jaws, legs outstretched upwards; the lion has oval eyes and a mane parted in the middle with four bands of hair on each side, each with seven or eight straight grooves which continue down each side. Damaged at the front and back with the shale surface cracking and lifting in areas
£40-£60
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Provenance: Found in Hampshire
Shale objects from the Roman period are usually finger rings, beads or armlets made on a lathe, the shale coming from the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, contained in the Kimmeridge clay bed.