Description:

Rome, ca. 1st century CE. A fascinating ring set with a galloping creature in the carnelian intaglio, in original gold setting. It's rare to have the original setting because so often the finders melted the gold and sold the intaglios separately The animal might possibly be the EALE (or Yale) from Roman mythology which was a strange bull-like animal native to the land of Aithiopia (Ethiopia, sub-Saharan Africa). It was equipped with a boar's tusks and a set of rotating horns. 21-22 kt. gold. Size 6-7. 7/8".

Provenance: Acquired by the present owner at the Drouot auction house in Paris in the 70's. Previously in an old French collection.

All items in this auction are legal to buy/sell under U.S. statute covering cultural patrimony per United States Code 2600, CHAPTER 14 -- CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

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  • Condition: Good Condition.

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