Lot Essay
For related gems see nos. 11-15 in Vollenweider, Die Porträtgemmen der römischen Republik.
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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. AND 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GOLD AND BLACK JASPER FINGER RING
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. and 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone, late Roman Republic, circa mid 1st century B.C., engraved with facing portrait heads of a youth and a young woman, the youth with short wavy hair in the manner of Octavian, the woman with her hair in a chignon in the manner of Livia; mounted in a late Roman gold setting, circa 4th century A.D., with a plain hoop, round in section, its flattened ends joined to the underside of the bezel, the stone collar-set and fringed by clusters of granulation
1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) wide; ring size 10
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. and 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone, late Roman Republic, circa mid 1st century B.C., engraved with facing portrait heads of a youth and a young woman, the youth with short wavy hair in the manner of Octavian, the woman with her hair in a chignon in the manner of Livia; mounted in a late Roman gold setting, circa 4th century A.D., with a plain hoop, round in section, its flattened ends joined to the underside of the bezel, the stone collar-set and fringed by clusters of granulation
1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) wide; ring size 10
Provenance
English Private Collection.