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RING SET WITH A CAMEE DEPICTING EROS
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118
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RING SET WITH A CAMEE DEPICTING EROS
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
RING SET WITH A CAMEE DEPICTING EROS
Roman art, 1st–3rd century AD
Gold ring set with a cameo on agate depicting a flying Eros playing the aulos.
Diameter: 2.2 cm
Gross weight: 8.18 g
Provenance: Aequitas Classical Arts Ltd., London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA407)
Bibliography: J. Spier, ‘Roman Jewellery’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 159, fig. 21
A Roman gold and agate cameo ring depicting Eros playing the aulos,
1st–3rd century AD
See original version (French)
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