Lotto 195 | A roman chalcedony intaglio set in an ancient gold ring. Erotic scene.

Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey

A roman chalcedony intaglio set in an ancient gold ring. Erotic scene.

A roman chalcedony intaglio set in an ancient gold ring. Erotic scene.

2nd - 3rd century A.D.

intaglio : 13 x 17 mm
ring : 21 x 20 mm
13,38 g

Erotic scene, the woman is lying on the bed, her neck resting on a large pillow, meanwhile the man is entering, standing and turned toward her. Groundline. This depiction is referred to the “spintria”, these roman tesserae with various erotic compositions.
Attractive color of the stone. Set on a massive hoop, rounded without, flatten within and broadening upwards. The bezel composed of two bands of gold rising one above the other.



U.K private collection, London.