A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A PROFILE PORTRAIT OF THE PHILOSOPHER EPICURUS

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07.12.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
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ID 859423
Lot 113 | A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A PROFILE PORTRAIT OF THE PHILOSOPHER EPICURUS
A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A PROFILE PORTRAIT OF THE PHILOSOPHER EPICURUS

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

9/16 in. (1.5 cm.) long





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.161, no. 147.



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