Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property of an American Private Collector
Lot Closed
July 5, 03:01 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Two Roman Gold Rings
circa 1st Century B.C/ 3rd Century A.D.
one with broad hoop and raised oval bezel embraced by a lotus flower design, the other of simple form with high oval bezel set with a carnelian intaglio finely carved with the head of Hermes facing left.
Widths 3.9 cm. and 2 cm.
Thomas P. Miller, executive assistant at The Cloisters, New York, acquired in Palermo in 1965
Dr. James D. Blackburn, Birmingham, Alabama, acquired from the above in 1990
then by descent to the present owner
For a related finger ring with an intaglio of Hermes in the British Museum, see accession no. 1894.0520.2, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1894-0520-2.
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