Roman Apollo Gemstone in Gold Ring

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (9.87 grams, 25.73 mm overall, 20.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).

Carnelian intaglio profile bust of Apollo with hair dressed; set into a later sturdy ring with round-section shank and bezel formed as a cell with flange to the rim and granules flanking the junction with the shank.

Provenance

Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12221-218651.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 368, for type.

CONDITION

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