CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details

TWO ITALIC BANDED AGATE RING STONES
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
20 mm. long max.

Provenance

G. Sangiorgi collection (1886-1965), Rome.
Private collection, Monaco, 1970s; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

The larger ring stone shows the god Dionysos carrying a thyrsos, a cup and a branch, similar to another banded agate example in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 81.6.9. The smaller ring stone shows a female figure leaning on a column playing the lyre, likely a muse.

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