ITALIAN, PROBABLY EARLY 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH A LADY WEARING A TIARA, POSSIBLY FAUSTINA THE ELDER
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December 3, 02:41 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
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ITALIAN, PROBABLY EARLY 19TH CENTURY
INTAGLIO WITH A LADY WEARING A TIARA, POSSIBLY FAUSTINA THE ELDER
carnelian, in a later gold mount
stone: 2.3cm., 3/8in.
ring size N
Elaborate plaited hairstyles were popular in the 2nd century C.E. and were worn by empresses such as Faustina the Elder, see D. Scarisbrick et al., The Guy Ladrière Collection of Gems and Rings, London, 2016, no. 69, and D. Scarisbrick et al., The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle, London, 2017, no. 250.