A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO, CARNELIAN AND GOLD FINGER RING

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Price realised GBP 18,750
Estimate
GBP 5,000 – GBP 7,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO, CARNELIAN AND GOLD FINGER RING

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Price realised GBP 18,750
Price realised GBP 18,750
Details
A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO, CARNELIAN AND GOLD FINGER RING
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Bezel: 13mm. diam.; ring size M (US size 6)
Provenance
K. McKenna collection, London, stated on 1997 invoice.
with Simon Collins, Hendon, England, 1997.

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Lot Essay

This attractive ring is decorated with the uncommon combination of a wreath rendered in cameo surrounding an intaglio in the shape of a satyr's mask, inlaid directly into the gold bezel.
For a similar example of an intaglio outlining a boat, inlaid in a gold ring, cf. S. de Ricci, Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Rings formed by the late E. Guilhou, Paris, 1912, no. 236.

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