LOT 186 A ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO RING DEPICTING AN ELEPHA...
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Circa 100 BC 100 AD.The overall ring stone engraved with a landscape profile figure of an elephant. The elephant is beautifully designed showing four legs, tail, ears, and long spout. cf. M. Henig, The Elephant and the Sea-Shell, Oxford Journal of Archaeology no. 3, 1984Size: D: 15.05mm / US: 4 1/4 / UK: I; 2gProvenance: Central London private collection of Ancient Art and jewellery; acquired since the 1970s on the UK and European art markets.
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