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29 - A ROMAN BANDED AGATE RING
Base d'asta
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Stima
5000 - 6.000 £ (5900 - 7.200 €)Diritti d'asta
A ROMAN BANDED AGATE RING CIRCA 300-400 AD Set with a banded agate designed as an eye, white upon a black background. Analysed as 98.61% gold, 1.39% silver Unmarked Size/dimensions: ring size I (US 4 1/2) Gross weight: 10.64g The piece shows evidence of deterioration, incidental wear and use commensurate with its age and materials, and is offered in good overall condition. Provenance Acquired by the present owner from an antiquities dealer The evil eye was a widespread belief across the ancient world : the conviction that envy, expressed through a malicious glance, could bring misfortune or even death. The Romans called it invidia, and they guarded against it with amulets of every kind. Among the most effective were stones that seemed to look back at the viewer, turning the evil eye against itself. Banded agate was ideal for this purpose. Cut so that its natural layers form concentric rings, a single stone could produce a striking eye, pale against a dark ground, as in the present ring. Set in gold, the present ring combined the protective power of the stone with the status of the metal, and it would have been worn as both ornament and amulet.
Asta
26052 - Jewellery & Objets de Vertu, including Fine Unheated SapphiresCasa d’aste
Spink +44 2 07 56 34 000 auctionteam@spink.comLa spedizione è facoltativa. Potete utilizzare un corriere di vostra scelta. Il prezzo indicato non include il prezzo del lotto o le diritti della casa d'aste.