Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a French Private Collection
A Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Intaglio, circa 3rd Century A.D.
Lot Closed
July 7, 04:00 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a French Private Collection
A Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Intaglio
circa 3rd Century A.D.
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.
Length 3 cm.
Jeremy Caudron, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, by descent from his maternal grandfather; said to have been in the family for at least five generations
Published
Sotheby's, London, June 13th, 2016, no. 91, illus.
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.