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LOT 0095
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.
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