Bidspirit auction | ROMAN GOLD RING WITH RED

ROMAN GOLD RING WITH RED GARNET INTAGLIO DEPICTING A PEACOCK - Ca. AD 200 - 300 .An oval-shaped red garnet intaglio, convex in profile, depicting a peacock standing on a lightly defined baseline. The peacock's head is turned and tilted. This intaglio is set in a gold ring featuring a round-shaped hoop that broadens towards angular shoulders.For similar see: El Legado de Hefesto n. 495, 370, 496, The British Museum, Museum number 1917,0501.201.Size: D:19.96mm / US: 10 1/4 / UK: U; Weight: 15gProvenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Swiss art market in the 1990s.