CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH THE HEAD OF APOLLO
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.2 cm.) long

Provenance

Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

The profile head is shown wearing a laurel wreath, curling tresses of hair falling down onto his draped shoulders. For similar treatment of hair and wreath cf. J. Spier, Ancient Gems and Finger Rings: Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1992, p. 101, no. 242.

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