A ROMAN GOLD AND JASPER INTAGLIO RING
A ROMAN GOLD AND JASPER INTAGLIO RING

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN GOLD AND JASPER INTAGLIO RING
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The gold ring with heavy opus interrasile hoop with stylized openwork scrolling foliate design with broad shoulders, reset with a flat oval stone depicting a hunter mounted on a rearing horse, wearing crested helmet with a spear in his hand, looking back at an attacking lion, which emerges from beneath a bowed tree
1¼ in. (3 cm.) diam., ring size R.
Provenance
US art market.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, 27 April, 2006, lot 180.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, 25 April 2007, lot 187.
Anonymous sale; Pierre Berge, 28 May 2008, lot 691.


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