A ROMAN RED JASPER RINGSTONE WITH A CHARIOT RACE

Lot 174
09.04.2024 13:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 174 | A ROMAN RED JASPER RINGSTONE WITH A CHARIOT RACE
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
A ROMAN RED JASPER RINGSTONE WITH A CHARIOT RACE

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

7⁄8 in. (2 cm.) wide; ring size 9





Provenance

Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen (1797-1857), Cologne and Rome; thence by descent.

Catalogue des collections laissées par feu Madame Mertens Schaaffhausen, seconde partie, J.M. Heberle (H. Lempertz), Cologne, 12 July 1859 (and following days), lot 1323.

M.H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911), Wroughton, Wiltshire, acquired 1860-1899; thence by descent to his son-in-law, William Arnold-Forster (1886-1951), Cornwall.

Catalogue of the Story-Maskelyne Collection of Ancient Gems, the Property of W.E. Arnold Forster, Esq., Sotheby's, London, 4-5 July 1921, lot 252.

Browet, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).

Marjorie Bronfman (1917-2012), Montreal, acquired by 1978; gifted to her daughter, Dr. Corinne Bronfman (1947-2022), Washington, D.C.; thence by descent to the current owner.



Literature

E. Zwierlein-Diehl, “Gemmen aus der Sammlung Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen: Die Daktyliothek des Historischen Archivs der Stadt Köln,” Kölner Jahrbuch, vol. 46, 2013, pp. 278-279, no. 53.
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