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LOT 0776
Roman Gemstone Collection
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (28.6 grams total, 19-29 mm).
A mixed group of stone intaglios each with an carnelian or jasper cloison with intaglio image including bird, profile bust and other types, all set bronze and silver finger rings [5]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market.
Ex private Bavarian collection H.W.
with Gorny and Mosch, München, Germany, 12 December 2019, 656 [Part].
English private collection.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 192, for type.
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LOT 0776
Roman Gemstone Collection
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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