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18TH CENTURY
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A EUROPEAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN FINGER RING
18th century
With a plan hoop and a beveled oval bezel, set with carnelian engraved with a Bacchic procession composed of an Eros on a bull pulling an enormous phallus towards a giant free-standing vulva to the left, the phallus atop a four-wheeled cart, a small flying Eros placing a wreath on the phallus, the cart surrounded by six dancing maenads, four of them blowing trumpets, an Eros on a goat at the head of the procession, with two Erotes preparing the vulva
size 8.75
18th century
With a plan hoop and a beveled oval bezel, set with carnelian engraved with a Bacchic procession composed of an Eros on a bull pulling an enormous phallus towards a giant free-standing vulva to the left, the phallus atop a four-wheeled cart, a small flying Eros placing a wreath on the phallus, the cart surrounded by six dancing maenads, four of them blowing trumpets, an Eros on a goat at the head of the procession, with two Erotes preparing the vulva
size 8.75
Provenance
Derek J. Content, Ltd.