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LOT 257989
Heavy Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Gemstone with Minerva
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (26.56 grams, 27.90 mm overall, 19.66 x 16.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
A substantial and finely worked ring with a solid hoop broadening at the shoulders into elegant voluted scrolls, the oval bezel set with a layered nicolo agate intaglio, the dark upper stratum revealing a paler blue beneath, the intaglio finely engraved with a standing figure holding a crested helmet.
Provenance
Private collection, France.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, London, museum no.1917,0501.536, for a comparable Roman gold ring with voluted shoulders and nicolo intaglio; Musée du Louvre, Paris, for three Roman rings of similar form set with nicolo intaglios, museum nos. Bj 1286, Bj 1287, Bj 1288; Art Institute of Chicago for a Roman gold ring with nicolo intaglio depicting Eros, museum no. 2013.1105.
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LOT 257989
Heavy Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Gemstone with Minerva
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000€8,120 - 10,440 (for guidance only)$9,450 - 12,150 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£3,500 (EUR 4,060; USD 4,725) +BP*
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