Lot 117

An early 19th century gold mounted sardonyx intaglio ring




Auction: 9 March 2021 at 10:00 GMT
£2,125
Description
intaglio possibly Roman, 2nd century A.D, the oval hard stone carved with the figure of Heracles wrestling the Nemean lion in a rub-over mount on a split shoulder plain shank in yellow gold
Dimensions
Ring size: O to R, intaglio height: 1.5cm
Footnote
Provenance: Lots 111 - 119 from a private collection.
Duke of Wellington Collection (1807-1884), The Wellington Gems exhibition, no 80, S.J Phillips, London 1977.



