Vintage Ring In Gold With Antique Roman Intaglio In Carnelian, Circa 1990

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Vintage Ring In Gold With Antique Roman Intaglio In Carnelian, Circa 1990

€ 2,790.00 ^*

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The rich heaven of the gods of antiquity knew a deity for every occasion in life and every phenomenon in nature, with whom the workings and development of the forces could be explained. In human form, they stood by the people of antiquity and helped them to master the challenges of life. One of the most important goddesses for the Greeks was the goddess Nike, who found her equivalent in Rome as Victoria. One of the most famous depictions is probably the fragment of Nike of Samothrace, which is now kept in the Louvre. This ring bears an ancient Roman intaglio in carnelian with the image of the winged goddess. She floats into the scene from the right and holds an object in her outstretched hand. A small column, or rather an altar, can be seen in the background. Apparently an offering has been or is being made here in honor of the goddess of victory. The powerful and at the same time somewhat abstract cut of the carnelian tells us that it was created in the late imperial period of the 2nd to 3rd century AD. Carnelian cameos were produced in particularly large numbers at this time, especially in Aquileia. See Erika Zwierlein-Diehl: Antike Gemmen und ihr Nachleben, Berlin/New York 2007, p. 136, p. 143, p. 144, etc. We do not know where the seal stone, because it was originally created as such, spent the following 1700 years. It presumably lay undisturbed in the ground until it was rediscovered in the 19th or early 20th century. Today, the intaglio is set in high-carat gold, in a design based on the appearance of ancient pieces of jewellery. We think it may have been created in the years around 1990. The ring was finally sold for the last time in 1994: The original receipt from the Munich art trade has survived. It is enclosed with the ring.

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€ 2,790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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