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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN CARNELIAN RING STONE
circa 1st century a.d.
The oval stone, flat on the back, slightly convex on the front, engraved with Leda and the Swan, with Leda nude but for a mantle which drapes over her raised leg, behind her back and over her shoulder, leaning back against a tree to recieve the swan, his long neck bent forward, the wings upraised, the tree pruned but for one leafy branch which arches over the scene, a stippled ground line below, set in a 19th century English gold ring
Size 8
circa 1st century a.d.
The oval stone, flat on the back, slightly convex on the front, engraved with Leda and the Swan, with Leda nude but for a mantle which drapes over her raised leg, behind her back and over her shoulder, leaning back against a tree to recieve the swan, his long neck bent forward, the wings upraised, the tree pruned but for one leafy branch which arches over the scene, a stippled ground line below, set in a 19th century English gold ring
Size 8