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LOT 0596
Roman Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.38 grams, 22.73 mm overall, 16.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
With bifid openwork shoulders and cupped cell, inset cabochon garnet.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 207, for type.
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