Roman Gold Ring with Cabochon

3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (5.00 grams, 23.01 mm overall, 16.99 x 16.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).

With a triple ropework band, broad shoulders with openwork spirals increasing in size towards the centre; raised circular bezel with twisted wire border, set with a glass cabochon.

Provenance

From a private European collection, since 1975.
with Christie's, London, 14 April 2011, no.361 (part).
Ex New York, USA, collection.

Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.
Accompanied by an old cataloguing slip.

Literature

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, p.167, no.186, for similar type VIII of the Ruseva-Slokoska classification of gold rings.

CONDITION

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