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Details
A group of five Roman rings
Comprising: a gold mounted onyx intaglio ring engraved with a cornucopia; a gold mounted jasper intaglio engraved with a portrait bust of a young woman, in later mount; an opaque yellow coloured glass ring of twisted reeded design with central black glass bezel; a silver double headed serpent ring with naturalist engraved detail, each clutching a disc with applied crescent moon; and a glass intaglio depicting the figure of Eros in gold ring mount, all 1st to 4th century A.D. (5)
Comprising: a gold mounted onyx intaglio ring engraved with a cornucopia; a gold mounted jasper intaglio engraved with a portrait bust of a young woman, in later mount; an opaque yellow coloured glass ring of twisted reeded design with central black glass bezel; a silver double headed serpent ring with naturalist engraved detail, each clutching a disc with applied crescent moon; and a glass intaglio depicting the figure of Eros in gold ring mount, all 1st to 4th century A.D. (5)
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; acquired 1960-1981, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Cf. op. cit. A. B. Chadour, vol.1, p.65 no. 217, for a similar serpent ring
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