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216 - Children's gold ring with a cameo made of layered agate. Roman, 3rd century AD. 7.06 g, ring size 46. Narrow band, convex outward and widening toward the top; set into the plate is a cameo made of layered agate with dark blue and white layers. On the oblong intaglio, Eros is depicted in a gesture of mourning, leaning on a torch. Gold! Tiny kink in the band at the bottom. Provenance: ex Gorny & Mosch 319, 2026, Lot 505. From Gorny & Mosch Auction 243, 2016, Lot 211; previously in the M.G. Collection, Southern Germany, since 2000; in a German private collection since the 1950s. See Cameo: Ch. Entwistle and N. Adams (eds.), *Gems of Heaven*. Recent Research on Engraved Gemstones in Late Antiquity c. AD 200–600 (2011), p. 180; Plate 6.
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Children's gold ring with a cameo made of layered agate. Roman, 3rd century AD. 7.06 g, ring size 46. Narrow band, convex outward and widening toward the top; set into the plate is a cameo made of layered agate with dark blue and white layers. On the oblong intaglio, Eros is depicted in a gesture of mourning, leaning on a torch. Gold! Tiny kink in the band at the bottom. Provenance: ex Gorny & Mosch 319, 2026, Lot 505. From Gorny & Mosch Auction 243, 2016, Lot 211; previously in the M.G. Collection, Southern Germany, since 2000; in a German private collection since the 1950s. See Cameo: Ch. Entwistle and N. Adams (eds.), *Gems of Heaven*. Recent Research on Engraved Gemstones in Late Antiquity c. AD 200–600 (2011), p. 180; Plate 6.
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Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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