Lotto 238 | A late roman gold ring set with a shappire and two garnets.

Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey

A late roman gold ring set with a shappire and two garnets.

A late roman gold ring set with a shappire and two garnets.

4th century A.D.

Dim : 21 x 29 mm
ring : 20 x 22 mm
11,20 g

Double rounded hoop, the ends of which forming spirals with a spherical bead in the center and soldered to the central of three box-settings, fastened together with three globule between each. The central setting is oval and has a sapphire. The two other settings have cabochon garnets.
A very similar example is conserved in Palazzo Massimo, Rome, and found in a roman marble sarcophagus.

Parallels :
Marshall, F.H., 1968, n° 853

European private collection 80's.