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.

Provenance

Private collection, before 1975.
Private collection, England.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 380, for type.

CONDITION

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