Roman Gold Ring with Garnet Cabochon

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (8.16 grams, 23.85 mm overall, 19.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).

Comprising a keeled hoop forked at the shoulders to form two elegant scrolls supporting the raised bezel, decorative grooves framing the garnet cabochon.

Provenance

Acquired from London galleries during the 1990s.
From the jewellery collection of a London, UK, gentleman.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12114-214295.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 368, for type.

Footnotes

The type of ring seems to date (with the volutes on the shoulders) to the late 2nd-early 3rd century A.D., although the model is certainly derived from the Hellenistic world. The use of carnelian and garnet was abundant in Hellenistic and Roman rings, and the style of the rings continued without change in the Roman Hellenised east.

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