High Imperial Roman ring, 1st century AD. With carved
High Imperial Roman ring, 1st century AD.
Carnelian carved on the front.
Provenance: European collection.
Measurements: 2 x 2.5 x 2 cm.
Roman ring in gold, with a half-round ring that widens towards the shoulders to form an oval chaton, which houses an intaglio carnelian carving in which we can see a portrait of a female profile in a completely classical aesthetic. In the Roman Empire there was a great fondness for the ornamentation of stones, both carvings and cameos. The patrician families possessed large collections of these pieces, and after the fall of the empire, the barbarians integrated them into their own treasures, passing them from generation to generation (mostly in the Germanic area) until the time of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Empire, etc.
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High Imperial Roman ring, 1st century AD.
Carnelian carved on the front.
Provenance: European collection.
Measurements: 2 x 2.5 x 2 cm.
Roman ring in gold, with a half-round ring that widens towards the shoulders to form an oval chaton, which houses an intaglio carnelian carving in which we can see a portrait of a female profile in a completely classical aesthetic. In the Roman Empire there was a great fondness for the ornamentation of stones, both carvings and cameos. The patrician families possessed large collections of these pieces, and after the fall of the empire, the barbarians integrated them into their own treasures, passing them from generation to generation (mostly in the Germanic area) until the time of Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Empire, etc.
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