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GREEK RING SET WITH AN INTAGLIO WITH TRIER Greco-Roman art, 2nd - 1st century B.C. Gold setting and intaglio on garnet Provenance Former private collection, acquired in the 1970s-1980s Then by descent, private collection, 1998 A late hellenistic gold ring set with a garnet intaglio with trireme ship. The hoop is rounded without, flatten within and surmounted by an oval bezel set with a large garnet intaglio, deeply carved. Trireme sailing left, the oars lowered, billowing sails by the wind, the waves finely depicted. The iconography refers to early roman coinage as the depictions of Pompey naval victories on silver denarii (see British Museum, R.9115 ). See also Tassie 986, Unpublished Tassie: TRAY 16.1. Ca. 2nd - 1st century B.C.
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GREEK RING SET WITH AN INTAGLIO WITH TRIER Greco-Roman art, 2nd - 1st century B.C. Gold setting and intaglio on garnet Provenance Former private collection, acquired in the 1970s-1980s Then by descent, private collection, 1998 A late hellenistic gold ring set with a garnet intaglio with trireme ship. The hoop is rounded without, flatten within and surmounted by an oval bezel set with a large garnet intaglio, deeply carved. Trireme sailing left, the oars lowered, billowing sails by the wind, the waves finely depicted. The iconography refers to early roman coinage as the depictions of Pompey naval victories on silver denarii (see British Museum, R.9115 ). See also Tassie 986, Unpublished Tassie: TRAY 16.1. Ca. 2nd - 1st century B.C.
