Lot 19
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FOUR ROMAN GLASS RING STONES AND CAMEOS
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FOUR ROMAN GLASS RING STONES AND CAMEOS

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details
FOUR ROMAN GLASS RING STONES AND CAMEOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Together with one After the Antique glass ring stone
21 mm. long max.
Provenance
G. Sangiorgi collection (1886-1965), Rome.
Private collection, Monaco, 1970s; thence by descent.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

For a similar sardonyx cameo showing Nike driving a biga, cf. A. Furtwängler, Beschreibung der geschnittenen Steine im Antiquarium, Berlin, 1896, p. 344, no. 11076, pl. 66.
According to Spier (J. Spier, Ancient Gems and Finger Rings, Malibu, 1992, pp. 148-151), 'examples of banded green, white and blue intaglios are usually cast from fine Italic stones', such as this example showing a draped lady leaning on a column.

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