Lot no. 159
GOLD AND GARNET RING
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 2nd-3rd century AD
Large ring decorated with scrolls and bunches of grapes and five cabochon garnets arranged in a cross.
Gross weight: 4.98 gr.
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Provenance :
Hermann Historica, Auktion 59, Munich, 12 April 2010: no. 319 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions :
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023
Bibliography :
J. Spier, "Roman Jewellry" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 160, fig. 24
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