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A Roman banded agate intaglio ringstone
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A Roman banded agate intaglio ringstone
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The oval gem engraved with a standing figure of a goddess with drapery around her legs, holding a helmet (?) out in her left hand, a pillar behind her, set in a modern gold ring, 15mm length of intaglio; ring size 'O'; 18mm diam of ring hoop
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The oval gem engraved with a standing figure of a goddess with drapery around her legs, holding a helmet (?) out in her left hand, a pillar behind her, set in a modern gold ring, 15mm length of intaglio; ring size 'O'; 18mm diam of ring hoop
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Provenance:
Property from a Dutch private Collection, The Netherlands, formed in the 1960s-70s.
Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1977, lot 130.
Vernon Collection, lot 97.
Collection of James, 9th Earl of Southesk.
With William Talbot-Ready (1857-1914), in 1885.
Published:
Lady Helena Carnegie, Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems Formed by James, Ninth Earl of Southesk, 1908, c. 21.
Saleroom notices
Please note that the image for this lot is misnumbered as lot 83 in the printed catalogue. The online image is correct.
























