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Lot 204 - Auction 107

An important roman openwork gold ring set with a red jasper intaglio. Hunting scene.
Estimate:
15.000,00/20.000,00 £
Starting price:
8.000,00 GBP
Price realized:
15.000,00 GBP
Bids:
7

Bids

Lot status:
Auction closed

Description

An important roman openwork gold ring set with a red jasper intaglio. Hunting scene.

2nd - 3rd century A.D.


Stone 11 x 14 mm ; ring size 18 x 21 mm; 34,05 gr


The gold ring with heavy opus interrasile hoop with stylized openwork scrolling foliate design with broad shoulders, reset with a flat oval stone depicting a hunter mounted on a rearing horse, wearing crested helmet with a spear in his hand, looking back at an attacking lion, which emerges from beneath a bowed tree. Very good condition. Slight wear marks.

Provenance: Ex Christie's Antiquities Sale 1561, London 2014.

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