CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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SEVEN ROMAN RINGSTONES
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Including one of carnelian with a standing draped Fortuna holding a cornucopia and a ship's rudder; one of carnelian with a standing nude deity, perhaps Herm-Anubis, the jackal-headed figure with a chlamys over one arm, holding a staff, with a long scepter in the other; one of red jasper with a draped bust of a man in profile to the left; one of agate with Minerva before a flaming altar, a scepter in one hand, a phiale in the other; one of carnelian with Pan confronting a rearing goat, a pedum in between them; one of red jasper with the head of a man in profile to the left, and one of carnelian with a winged Cupid; all graduated in size, mounted as elements in a 19th century gold necklace
Largest: 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Including one of carnelian with a standing draped Fortuna holding a cornucopia and a ship's rudder; one of carnelian with a standing nude deity, perhaps Herm-Anubis, the jackal-headed figure with a chlamys over one arm, holding a staff, with a long scepter in the other; one of red jasper with a draped bust of a man in profile to the left; one of agate with Minerva before a flaming altar, a scepter in one hand, a phiale in the other; one of carnelian with Pan confronting a rearing goat, a pedum in between them; one of red jasper with the head of a man in profile to the left, and one of carnelian with a winged Cupid; all graduated in size, mounted as elements in a 19th century gold necklace
Largest: 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Joan Granick, acquired in France or Switzerland and brought to New York, circa 1970s.
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