ROMAN REPUBLIC, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A ROMAN BROWN CHALCEDONY RINGSTONE WITH A PEACOCK
ROMAN REPUBLIC, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C.
3/8 in. (1 cm.) wide; ring size 7 ¼

來源

M.H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911), Wroughton, Wiltshire, acquired 1860-1899; thence by descent to his son-in-law, William Arnold-Forster (1886-1951), Cornwall.
Catalogue of the Story-Maskelyne Collection of Ancient Gems, the Property of W.E. Arnold Forster, Esq., Sotheby's, London, 4-5 July 1921, lot 191 (part).
Browet, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).
Marjorie Bronfman (1917-2012), Montreal, acquired by 1978; gifted to her daughter, Dr. Corinne Bronfman (1947-2022), Washington, D.C.; thence by descent to the current owner.

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Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

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拍品專文

Engraved on this gem is a peacock walking to the left on a short groundline. The peacock was sacred to Juno, and a popular motif on gems, either on its own or combined with other birds sacred to the goddess, the eagle and the owl. J.D. Beazley, in the Story-Maskelyne catalogue, considered it to be a pea-hen, but it may be that a peacock was intended. The gem is mounted as a ring in a 19th century gold setting.

ROMAN REPUBLIC, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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