A EUROPEAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A LAUREATE PORTRAIT OF AN EMPEROR
A EUROPEAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A LAUREATE PORTRAIT OF AN EMPEROR
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. CORINNE BRONFMAN
A EUROPEAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A LAUREATE PORTRAIT OF AN EMPEROR

CIRCA 18TH CENTURY

Details
A EUROPEAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A LAUREATE PORTRAIT OF AN EMPEROR
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY
5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) wide; ring size 7
Provenance
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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Lot Essay

Glyptic portraits of famous Roman personalities, most identifiable from surviving ancient coin portraits, were immensely popular with European collectors, who would commission sets of Emperors and triumvirs (see J. Boardman, et al., The Marlborough Gems, pp. 200-203). Related laureate portraits, likewise with a star in the field, were in the Marlborough Collection (see nos. 207 and 461.2 in Boardman, et al., op. cit.). This gem is mounted as a ring in a 19th century gold setting.

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