CIRCA 1ST-5TH CENTURY A.D.

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FOUR ROMAN RING STONES
CIRCA 1ST-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Together with a Sasanian dome seal and two 19th century ring stones
16 mm. long max.

來源

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

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Laetitia Delaloye

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拍品專文

The green plasma intaglio depicts Leda, the Queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy, whom Zeus seduced in the form of a swan. For the type see Getty Museum inv. no: 83.AN.437.22 (J. Spier, Ancient Gems and Finger Rings: Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1992, p. 112, no. 283). The Sasanian intaglio shows a profile male bearded bust between wings, a Pahlavi inscription above.

CIRCA 1ST-5TH CENTURY A.D.

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