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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
A ROMAN CARNELIAN RING STONE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
A ROMAN CARNELIAN RING STONE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
The flat oval stone engraved with an apotropaic device of a vulva in the center, with four ithyphallic male genitalia directed inward, a woman's head above, her hair arranged in a melon coiffure
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
The flat oval stone engraved with an apotropaic device of a vulva in the center, with four ithyphallic male genitalia directed inward, a woman's head above, her hair arranged in a melon coiffure
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) wide
Provenance
European Private Collection, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century.