A ROMAN GOLD AND CAMEO GLASS RING, the slender hoop broadening to an oval bezel set with a cameo glass oval mount showing a chubby standing figure of winged Eros, 1st Century B.C./A.D.

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A ROMAN GOLD AND CAMEO GLASS RING, the slender hoop broadening to an oval bezel set with a cameo glass oval mount showing a chubby standing figure of winged Eros, 1st Century B.C./A.D.
7/8in. (2.1cm.) across bezel
Finger size K

Lot Essay

This is a particularly nice example of a glass cameo still retaining its original gold mount. For glass cameos, cf. M. Henig, The Content Cameos, Oxford, 1990, no. 96

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