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LOT 0169
Roman Carnelian Onyx Gemstone of a Seated Muse Set into a Gold Georgian Ring
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.44 grams, 25.11 mm overall, 17.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Cabochon with incuse enthroned Muse with a mask and one hand extended; set into an antique gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 274, for type.
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LOT 0169
Roman Carnelian Onyx Gemstone of a Seated Muse Set into a Gold Georgian Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Roman Wooden Wax Tablet Fragment Written in Greek
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Part of a wax tablet with two holes in the frame for fastening, Greek writing. 45.45 grams, 18.6 x 7.2 cm
Property of a North London gentleman; previously in the Dean family collection since 1975.
Wax tablets written in Greek or Latin, were used by Romans as account registers (codices accepti et expensi); for transactions (for example, the tablets of the banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus found in Pompeii); for lists of goods, inventories, and notes to be kept and archived; for Roman magistrates to annotate the salient events of their bureaucratic activities; for writing letters; for drawing up legal texts of various kinds: legacies, declarations of births and citizenship, reports of trials and diplomata militaria. -
Roman Gold Ring with Carnelian Cabochon
2nd-4th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Flat-section shank flaring at the shoulders, filigree border around the bezel set with a replaced carnelian cabochon. 3.87 grams, 21.70 mm overall, 17.49 x 16.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Private collection, Suffolk, UK. -
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With onion-knop apex finial and knops on either side, claw detailing to the headplate, deep bow, chamfered lateral faces sections to the foot with scroll detailing, hinged pin to the reverse. 78 grams, 85 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
