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LOT 0095

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

ROMAN CARNELIAN GEMSTONE WITH COCKEREL
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.96 grams, 25 mm).

Ellipsoid intaglio with large bird perched on a baseline, wings spread as if about to take flight; mounted in a fragment of a ferrous finger ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 274, for type.

CONDITION
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