ROMAN GOLD RING WITH AGATE INTAGLIO DEPICTING AN OLD SATYR

Ca. AD 200 - 300 A polygonal-shaped gold finger ring comprising of a large hoop, large shoulders and a bezel with an intaglio. This bezel encloses an intaglio depicting a head of an old satyr with a long beard. He is represented frontally with marked face features. For similar see: El legado de Hefesto, n. 487.
Size: D:mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 12.4g
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

900
Estimate: GBP 1500 - 2500