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Roman intaglios and cameos

Renaissance signet ring set with intaglio.ルネサンスのリング

Rare gold signet ring with an oval bezel set with a cornelain intaglio of Mercury (?). A beaded line encircles the bezel. The shoulders are chased with foliated strapwork. The plain hoop is round section.
The red cornelian intaglio is engraved with a nice and unusual figure of Mercury (?) and dates probably of the same perios. Part of the surface of the stone is calcified. There is a small chip above the head of the figure.
The size of the finger tells us it’s a man’s ring. It must have been used as a signet.
France, 16th century.

Comparanda : S. de Ricci, « Catalogue of a coll. of ancient rings formed by the late E. Guilhou », Paris, 1912, N° 1547 / D. Scarisbrick, « The Ralph Harari collection of finger rings », 1977), les N° 126, 132 et 133 / C.Oman, « British Rings », London, 1974, N° 46 C/E/F / Nordiska Museet de Stockholm (cf. Catalogue, 1952, N° 11) / Anna Beatriz Chadour, Ringe, Rings, The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, 1994. ref. 651, 653, 654.

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