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LOT 0889
Roman Vase Gemstone in Gold Ring
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (8.48 grams, 22.56 mm overall, 19.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
A cloison garnet intaglio with vase, flowers and seeds; set into a later gold finger ring comprising a broad hoop with beaded wire rims, scrolled shoulders with granule detailing, discoid bezel; set into a later gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate collection, before 1975.
Private collection, England.
Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 380, for type.
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LOT 0889
Roman Vase Gemstone in Gold Ring
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Roman and Other Ceramic Bead Necklace String
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of graduated spherical and oblate beads, the central feature with a spherical stone bead with incised star motifs, a large discoid bead and a melon bead; restrung. 21.42 grams, 32.6 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s. -
Roman Gemstone with Bull in Gold Ring
3rd century A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A carnelian cloison with intaglio bull beneath a sapling, set in a later gold finger ring comprising a D-section hoop with lateral cusps, volute scrolled shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with dentilled flange rim, and applied granules; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 13.37 grams, 27.86 mm overall, 22.33 x 17.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
with Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Germany, 11 July 2006, no.174. Private collection, England. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13170-249492. -
Roman Bronze Actor's Mask
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Modelled in the half-round, with grotesque facial features and scooped crescentic mouth, segmented hair. 84 grams, 82 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
