A ROMAN GLASS RINGSTONE
PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION
A ROMAN GLASS RINGSTONE

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN GLASS RINGSTONE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Amber in color, the convex oval engraved with a profile head of Africa or Libya, the personification of the province shown as a young woman wearing an elephant headdress; mounted as a stick-pin in a 19th century gold setting
Ringstone: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm.) long; stickpin: 2¾ in. (6.9 cm.) long
來源
Acquired prior to 1972.

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G. Max Bernheimer
G. Max Bernheimer

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For the subject compare the nicolo ringstone, no. 332 in Henig, Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.