A rare carnelian ringstone with gold mount
A rare carnelian ringstone with gold mount

NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY

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A rare carnelian ringstone with gold mount
Northwestern Frontier, circa 5th century
The carnelian finely carved in intaglio with a prancing horse
9/16 in. (1.2 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Japanese Collection, 1980s

Lot Essay

For a ringstone carved in similar intaglio design with a lion, in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, dated to the fifth century Gupta period and from the Northwest frontier of India, see M. Henig, Classical Gems, 1994, cat. no. 482, p. 215.

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