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LOT 0674
Roman Gold Ring with Glass Bezel
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (3.07 grams, 25.34 mm overall, 16.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
With a hollow-form D-section hoop and tall oval bezel set with a glass intaglio bearing a profile bust of a lady, her hair pulled back to a chignon at the nape of the neck.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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 134, for type.
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LOT 0674
Roman Gold Ring with Glass Bezel
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Roman Chalcedony Ring
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Ellipsoid-shaped with carinated hoop on both inner and outer side. 3.95 grams, 25.55 mm overall, 13.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)
with H.A.C.A.G., Basel, prior 1999. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This ring, with a flat ellipsoid-shaped bezel, is related to type 2i of Roman rings from Gallia, which were usually considered as grave goods. Similar rings have often been found in Illyricum, Salonae, Zadar, Nin or Asseria. -
Roman Pale Yellow Glass Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Roman Polychrome Mosaic Glass Set into a Marble Table Top
3rd century B.C.-2nd century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Discoid plaque with radiating panels of ancient inlaid mosaic and other glass; black outer border, centrepiece a disc with inlaid mosaic glass triangle, set into a marble table top; made in Rome circa 1825, attributed to Francesco Sibilio. 4.31 kg, 29.6 cm
Lady Walston, Newton Hall, Newton, Cambridgeshire. The collection of Mr Edric Van Vredenburgh. with Sotheby’s, London, The Eclectic World of Edric Van Vredenburgh, 6 June 2006, no.97. British private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12743-235193. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
