ROMAN AGATE CAMEO OF LIZARD IN HIGH KARAT HIGH KARAT GOLD RING

拍品描述

Ca. AD 1 - 300. An agate cameo carved in relief with a lizard, shown with splayed legs and a curling tail, modelled in the upper red layer against the pale ground, set in a possibly later high-karat gold ring with a plain hoop and expanded shoulders. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1859,0301.128. Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 9.2g 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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