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CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A ROMAN LAPIS LAZULI RING STONE
circa 2nd-1st century b.c.
The elongated oval stone engraved with a maenad standing on a short ground line, her body in a three-quarter frontal view, her head in profile to the left, wearing a tightly wrapped mantle which reveals the form of her body beneath, holding a thyrsus over her shoulder, the end tied with a fillet, mounted as a pendant in an oval gold setting, the stone framed in filigree and granulation
1 in. (3.8 cm.) long
circa 2nd-1st century b.c.
The elongated oval stone engraved with a maenad standing on a short ground line, her body in a three-quarter frontal view, her head in profile to the left, wearing a tightly wrapped mantle which reveals the form of her body beneath, holding a thyrsus over her shoulder, the end tied with a fillet, mounted as a pendant in an oval gold setting, the stone framed in filigree and granulation
1 in. (3.8 cm.) long