BYZANTINE RED GARNET INTAGLIO OF A HOLY DOVE AND OLIVE BRANCH IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING

拍品描述

Ca. AD 350 - 400. A garnet intaglio engraved with a bird in profile, shown standing on a branch, set in a possibly later gold ring with a broad convex hoop of D-section, thickened at the shoulders to support a circular bezel fitted with a narrow collet. Size: D:17.32mm / US: 7 / UK: N 1/2; Weight: 3.9g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Munich, Germany in the 1990s.

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