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LOT 0147
Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Garnets and Emeralds
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (7.27 grams, 23.17 mm overall, 16.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
Comprising a tapering hoop formed with convergent bands filled with scrolls, granule at the junction to the reverse; beaded wire frame to the square bezel with central panel and teardrop-cell to each corner; inset cabochon to each corner cell, later green cabochon to centre; shoulder repaired in antiquity with gold strap.
Provenancewith Gorny & Mosch, Auction 119, 16 October 2002, no.3072.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12814-241422.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Bedini, A.Mistera di una Fanciulla; Ori e Gioelli Roma di Marco Aurelia da Una Nuava Scoperta Archaeologica., Milan, 1995, p.50, no.19.
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