Lot no. 838
ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE IN SILVER RING Ca. AD 1 - 200. A carnelian intaglio engraved with a mythological scene, showing a central draped figure holding a palm branch, flanked by a column and a tree, while two Erotes gesture towards one another. The stone is set in a possibly later broad silver ring with an oval bezel. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo (a curator di), Catalogo illustrato della glittica nella collezione Santarelli, 2009, Cat. 47/23g; British Museum, Museum number 1856,0425.10 Size: D:17.53mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O; Weight: 13.24g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
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