LATE ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF EROTES

Ca. AD 300. A gold ring with a slender round-section hoop joined to an oval collet, with clusters of fine granules at the sides. The carnelian intaglio is engraved with two Erotes facing one another on a groundline, one standing at left and the other crouching at right. Size: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 3.8g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired in Brussels, Belgium; initially from a Swiss private collection (1901–1981).

Estimate:£400

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