Inv. n°: MMoCA407

Roman Gold Ring

With sardonyx cameo depicting Eros playing an aulos (double flute).

Ø 2-3 cm

c. 1st-3rd century AD

Gold and Sardonyx

Provenance

  • Ex private collection
  • Acquired at Aequitas Classical Arts LTD, London, 18th September 2009

Publications

  • J. Spier, "Roman Jewellery" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 159, fig. 21
  • Ville de Mougins, "C'est quoi cette oeuvre?'", Mougins Infos, France, September 2018, no. 64, p. 15

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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