Bertolami Fine Art - Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
ASTA 267 - GLITTICA ASTA 267 - GLITTICA
Friday 7 July 2023 hours 12:30 (UTC +00:00)
A LATE ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A GARNET INTAGLIO. GRASSHOPPER FACING LEFT.
A LATE ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A GARNET INTAGLIO. GRASSHOPPER FACING LEFT.
3rd-4th century A.D.
Stone 9x11 mm; 6,66 gr; int. size 19x20 mm
Gold finger-ring; hoop composed of beaded wires saldered together; at the shoulders, they branch out; the spaces thus left are filled with wire spirals; the bezel is in the form of an oval box-setting containing a garnet intaglio depicting a grasshopper facing left. Wear marks.
For a similar typology see: British Museum, inv. 1917,0501.653
Provenance: U.K. private collection