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Lot 85

A Roman carnelian intaglio ringstone

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman carnelian intaglio ringstone
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Set in a modern heavy gold ring, the gem engraved with a nude warrior standing beside a horse, 15mm width of intaglio; ring size 'R'; 19mm inside diam of ring

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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 154.

Published:
E. Zwierlein-Diehl, Die Antike Gemmen dei Kunsthistoriches Museum in Wien, Munich, 1973, no. 515.
Beazley Archive, no. 2641.

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