ID 1177554
Lot 166 | A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A MASK OF A MAENAD
Valeur estimée
$ 5 000 – 7 000
ROMAN REPUBLIC, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
½ in. (1.1 cm.) wide; ring size 4 ½
Provenance
M.H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911), Wroughton, Wiltshire, acquired by 1872; 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 140.
Landsberg, 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
C.W. King, Antique Gems and Rings, London, 1872, vol. II, p. 58, pl. XXXI, no. 8.
C.W. King, Handbook of Engraved Gems, London, 1885, p. 234, pl. LXII, no. 5.
C.W. King and H.A.J. Munro, Q. Horatii Flacci Opera, Illustrated from Antique Gems, London, 1869, p. 351.
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