ROMAN CHALCEDONY INTAGLIO DEPICTING VENUS IN PROFILE IN GOLD RING. Ca. AD 1 - 200. A chalcedony intaglio engraved with the head of Venus in left profile, the hair falling in loose locks behind the neck, the eye, nose and lips defined by crisp linear incisions, with short parallel grooves indicating the drapery. It is set in a plain oval gold bezel with a slight upstanding rim, the bezel broadening into rounded shoulders and a tapered hoop of D-shaped section, forming a gold ring, possibly of a later date. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo Illustrato della Glittica nella Collezione Santarelli, Cat. n.i. 199. Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 9g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in France in the early 2000s; formerly in a Swiss private collection formed in the 1980s and 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.