Lot 219
Lot 219
MASTERPIECES IN MINIATURE, PART II: ANCIENT ENGRAVED GEMS FORMERLY IN THE G. SANGIORGI COLLECTION
A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A BULL

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

    Price Realised USD 4,375
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    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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    A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A BULL

    CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

    Price Realised USD 4,375
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    Price Realised USD 4,375
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    Details
    3⁄4 in. (1.9 cm.) wide
    Provenance
    Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
    Literature
    J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 213, no. 199.
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