Description
Ancient Roman
seal ring engraved with a profile bust, 1st to 2nd century AD. A yellow gold ring horizontally set with a central sardonyx
intaglio carved with the profile bust of a Greco-Roman man, in a rubover setting and set into a heavy tapered ovoid
shank.
Ref: 15422
Ancient Roman seal ring engraved with a profile bust, 1st to 2nd century AD.
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INTAGLIO
Material carved (worked) so that the design is cut into the surface of the material (incised). Opposite of cameo.
SEAL
Carved with an intaglio but with design reversed so that it is readable when impressed in wax, etc.
Shank
The part of the ring that encircles the finger, not including the top piece or head.
