Bertolami Fine Art - Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
ASTA 267 - GLITTICA ASTA 267 - GLITTICA
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A FINE ROMAN CARNELIAN CAMEO SET IN A GEORGIAN GOLD RING. FRONTAL HEAD OF EROS.
A FINE ROMAN CARNELIAN CAMEO SET IN A GEORGIAN GOLD RING. FRONTAL HEAD OF EROS.
1st - 2nd century A.D.
Stone 9x11 mm; Int. Size 16,5x17,5 mm; 2,84 gr
With a thin rounded hoop, flatten within and worked on the outside ending in broader openworked shoulders surmounting an oval bezel set with a carnelian cameo. The high relief carved head of Eros is frontal and characterized by his typical childish features; plain chicks and rounded eyes. The fronthead surmounted by a wide braid separating the hair in two. Wear marks.
Provenance: U.K. private collection