Renaissance Sardonyx Cameo of a Bearded Man in a Later Gold Ring

PROBABLY EUROPE, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (2.27 grams, 20.71 mm overall, 15.61 x 15.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).

An oval cameo carved in high relief with the right-facing profile bust of a bearded man wearing a broad fillet or headband, a prominent nose, curled hair and a closely worked beard; the carving using the pale upper layer of the stone for the head and bust, contrasting with the darker ground beneath; set in a later, probably 19th-century, gold ring with a plain oval bezel, tapering shoulders and an openwork underside.

Provenance

Acquired on the European art market.
UK, private collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 0375