Post Medieval Gemstone Depicting Bacchanalian Sacrifice in Gold Ring

ITALY, 18TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (9.36 grams, 25.97 mm overall, 19.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).

Intaglio engraved with satyr playing aulos behind a tall column with statue on the top, a woman in long robe and satyr standing in front of an altar; set into a later gold ring with hoop formed from three round-section wires holding an oval bezel; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Private collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume II, Leeds, 1994, items 1256-7.

CONDITION

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LOT 0407