ROMAN (or later) CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF AN EROTIC SCENE IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING

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Ca. AD 300 or later. A carnelian intaglio engraved with an erotic scene, showing a nude male figure standing before a nude female seated on a couch, her legs wrapped around his torso, all on a groundline. Set in a possibly later gold ring with a tapering hoop and an oval bezel cell with a plain collar. Size: D:18.14mm / US: 8 / UK: P 1/2; Weight: 9.8g Provenance: Private London collection; previously with F.A., Brussels; Belgian collection formed between the early 1970s to the early 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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