Modern Gold Ring with Antique Cameo with Putto & Sartyr, c. 2000

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Modern Gold Ring with Antique Cameo with Putto & Sartyr, c. 2000

€ 2,490.00 ^*

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Description

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One of the most beautiful and exciting fields in the field of jewellery is the collecting of antique intaglios and cameos. These stone-carved, recessed and sometimes raised images offer such a wealth of motifs that a whole world of objects opens up for every interest. There are ancient cameos with portraits of famous people and heroes, depictions of deities and mythical events, but also memories of personal experiences and narrative scenes from everyday life. This ring presents an ancient Roman stone carving made of two-tone agate. We see a satyr and a putto. The powerful and at the same time somewhat abstract cut of the intaglio leads us to assume its creation in the late imperial period of the 1st or 2nd century AD. The antique depiction is set in a powerful ring of 22-carat gold. The craftsmanship gives the gold a warm, soft and lively surface that emphasizes the shine and depth of the material while ensuring the stability of a piece of jewellery. The ring is not signed. According to the previous owner, it comes from the goldsmith's workshop of Matthias Görig in Hamburg, who specializes in the use of antique cameos and artefacts. Its design and details correspond to Görig's characteristic handwriting. After almost 2000 years, the stone has now become an appealing piece of jewellery again - a ring that can be worn with pleasure.

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As passionate dealers, we are constantly on the lookout for unusual pieces of jewellery. Antique cameos have always been one of our hobbyhorses. Intaglios from Roman times in particular have a special attraction for us. There is so much history in them, so much lost mythology and so much meaning. In Roman times, intaglios were created for a wide variety of occasions. Images of divine patrons were carved in stone to give to friends and relatives and scenes from mythology or depictions of the gods served as protective amulets and talismans, which were always matched to their respective wearers. The question of why a relatively large number of such ancient stones have survived to this day is quite easy to answer. The engraved stones, mostly carnelians, but also other stones from the agate group, garnets or even glass rivers were so numerous that every Roman citizen often owned several of these protective stones. Depending on the purse, the cameos were set in luxurious or base metal, often in iron, but also in gold or silver. If these rings were lost, buried in times of war and never recovered or used as burial objects, they were kept safe in the ground. After the fall of the Roman Empire, many hundreds of years passed in which such gemstones were very rare finds. This does not mean that the small works of art were not valued in the Middle Ages. Most medieval church treasures contain goldsmith's work in which numerous ancient Roman seal stones are set. The Shrine of the Epiphany in Cologne, for example, contains a large number of Roman artifacts, as does the Lothar Cross in the treasury of Aachen Cathedral. These stones were therefore also considered precious and valued in post-Roman times.

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€ 2,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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