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872 - ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH CENTAUR PLAYING FLUTE IN SILVE…

Estimate £300 - £600

Description

ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH CENTAUR PLAYING FLUTE IN SILVER RING Ca. AD 300 . A carnelian intaglio engraved with a centaur moving in profile, its right foreleg raised and a flute held to its mouth. The intaglio is set in a possibly later silver ring with a slender hoop expanding to a polygonal bezel plate with an oval cell. For similar see: The Classical Art Research Centre, Record Number: 40004216. Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 7.3g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in an Austrian private collection dating to the 1980sÐearly 1990s.

About the sale FINE ANCIENT JEWELLERY AND BEADS - THE PRINCE COLLECTION

Auction location

Auction time 10/03/2026 at 2:00 PM

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Apollo Art Auctions Ltd