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Lot Essay
For the first ring, cf. A.B. Chadour, Rings, the Alice and Louis Koch Collection,Leeds, 1994, Vol. I, p.46, no. 143, for similar bezel detail dating to the 1st century A.D.
Details
Two Roman gold and gem rings
one a child's ring, set with a carved cornelian intaglio, depicting a female Muse with lyre, 1st century A.D.; the other with cupped bezel set with a single polished amethyst bead to a tapering hoop, possibly 3rd century A.D.
See plate 1 (2)
one a child's ring, set with a carved cornelian intaglio, depicting a female Muse with lyre, 1st century A.D.; the other with cupped bezel set with a single polished amethyst bead to a tapering hoop, possibly 3rd century A.D.
See plate 1 (2)
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