Ancient Marbles: Classical Sculpture and Works of Art

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Lot 91
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A Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Intaglio, circa 3rd Century A.D.

Estimate
12,000 - 14,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Intaglio
  • gold
  • Total length 3 cm.; inside width 1.8 cm.; inside height 1.5 cm.
solid-cast, the broad angular hoop deeply carved with inverted volutes at the sides and on top of the shoulders, the oval bezel set with a beveled nicolo intaglio engraved with a sea horse swimming to left.

Provenance

Jeremy Caudron, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, by descent from his maternal grandfather; said to have been in the family for at least five generations

Catalogue Note

For related rings cf. F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, 1968 (repr.), pl. XV, nos. 535 and 539, and J. Boardman and D. Scarisbrick, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, 1977, nos. 37-39.