Auction 86
Glyptics and Ancient Jewelry
Dec 9, 2020
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Italy
Bertolami Fine Art, 1 Harewood Place, Mayfair (London W1S 1BU- United Kingdom), o 14 Hanover Square, Mayfair, (London, W1S 1HP - United Kingdom).
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Wednesday dec 9 2020, 2 pm GMT (3 pm CEST)
Bertolami Fine Art, 1 Harewood Place, Mayfair (London W1S 1BU- United Kingdom), or 14 Hanover Square, Mayfair, (London, W1S 1HP - United Kingdom)
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LOT 30:
A roman nicolo intaglio set in an etruscan gold ring. Bull.
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Sold for: £1,800
Start price:
£
600
Estimated price:
€600 - €1,200
Auction house commission: 25%
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A roman nicolo intaglio set in an etruscan gold ring. Bull.
intaglio: 1st-2nd century A.D.; ring: 4th-3rd century B.C.
intaglio : 9 x 12 mm ring diam : 15 x 12 mm 4,02 g
This specimen is an interesting testimony of glyptic reuse. The gold-foil hollow ring is an Etruscan production; the nicolo intaglio is a roman imperial production (a similar case is attested, with the same type of stone, London, British Museum, FR 298). Intact.
Parallel: Aa.Vv., L'Oro degli Etruschi, M. Cristofani and M. Martelli, p. 300 n. 190.
U.K. private collection
