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LOT 0160
Roman Gold Ring with Garnet Intaglio
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.47 grams, 24.99 mm overall, 12.25 x 15.59 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)).
Hollow-formed with inset ellipsoid intaglio figure of Abundantia standing with a cornucopia.
ProvenanceAcquired by the current owner's family in the 1980s.
with Christie’s, New York, Ancient Jewellery, 11 December 2003, no.397.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 450, for type.
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LOT 0160
Roman Gold Ring with Garnet Intaglio
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Roman Marbled Glass Blue Bottle
1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
An iridescent glass unguentarium with piriform body, tubular neck with everted rolled rim. 19.7 grams, 83 mm
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4th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With globular body, short neck and everted rim with a raised rib below, applied handles and dimpled base. 90 grams, 89 mm
Private collection Mrs G. W-V-H., Zurich, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
