Lot 347
347
A ROMAN GOLD AND CORNELIAN INTAGLIO RING, the hollow gold hoop with rounded shoulders, the bezel set with an oval cornelian intgaglio showing a standing draped figure of Fortuna holding a cornucopia in the crook of her right arm, in her left hand she holds two ears of corn and a steering oar attached to a rudder, 2nd Century A.D.

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A ROMAN GOLD AND CORNELIAN INTAGLIO RING, the hollow gold hoop with rounded shoulders, the bezel set with an oval cornelian intgaglio showing a standing draped figure of Fortuna holding a cornucopia in the crook of her right arm, in her left hand she holds two ears of corn and a steering oar attached to a rudder, 2nd Century A.D.
Intaglio: 5/8in. (1.6cm.) long
Finger size E½

Lot Essay

The elegant, slightly attenuated hoop form of the 1st Century A.D. became more exaggerated as time passed, culminating in the extreme angular and decorative forms of the late 3rd Century

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