Eastern Roman Gold Ring

with a garnet intaglio of a winged Eros, walking left

4th Century AD

U.S. ring size: 9

#4364

ex: private American collection, before 2006

Comparanda: Chadour, Anna Beatriz ; Rings. The Alice & Louis Koch Collection. v.1 (Leeds, 1994) pp.107-108, nos.367-369 Schluter, M, et al; Antike Gemmen in deutschen Sammlungen. Band 4. Hannover, Kestner-Museum. Hamburg, Museum fur Kunst Gewerbe (Wiesbaden, 1975) taf.104, no.809, p.165