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LOT 0728
Roman Bronze Ring with Clasped Hands Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.38 grams, 18.12 mm overall, 15.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)).
Slender hoop and ellipsoid bezel with inset carnelian intaglio clasped-hands motif.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 450, for type.
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