Lot Essay
Sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Bagues Antiques, 20 May 1911, lot 231; and Christie's, London, Rings from Antiquity to the Present Day, 5 October 1988, lot 311 (illustrated front cover).
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A Roman gold and cornelian intaglio ring
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The hoop broadening to an oval bezel set with a cornelian intaglio engraved with a trophy of a cuirass flanked by two shields and surmounted by a krater with vines
Finger size K
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The hoop broadening to an oval bezel set with a cornelian intaglio engraved with a trophy of a cuirass flanked by two shields and surmounted by a krater with vines
Finger size K