Fine Jewellery - 25th April 2024
Lot 497
A Roman 3rd Century AD carved blue-grey agate cameo ring
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £2772
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Description
A rare Roman agate cameo ring, 3rd century AD, set with a blue-grey cameo of funerary theme depicting a standing Cupid, with pensive expression and legs crossed leaning on a down-turned torch, emblematic of love, cruelly extinguished by death, 1.0cm high, mounted in a contemporary gold ring with foliate pierced shoulders, size H