Bidspirit auction | ROMAN GLASS INTAGLIO DEPICTING A

ROMAN GLASS INTAGLIO DEPICTING A BOAT IN GOLD RING - Ca. AD 100 - 300 A glass intaglio engraved with a scene of a seated winged God, most likely Eros, rowing a little boat whilst facing another god. The second god holds a cup in his right hand and a long thyrsus in his left. The intaglio is set in a high carat, possibly later gold ring comprising of a round hoop with twisted decoration. Size: D:17.53mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O; Weight: 3.3g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.