A ROMAN GARNET INTAGLIO SHOWING A SHIP SET IN A MODERN RING, 1ST CENTURY AD, RING 20TH CENTURY A ROMAN GARNET INTAGLIO SHOWING A SHIP SET IN A MODERN RING, 1ST CENTURY AD, RING 20TH CENTURY A ROMAN GARNET INTAGLIO SHOWING A SHIP SET IN A MODERN RING, 1ST CENTURY AD, RING 20TH CENTURY A ROMAN GARNET INTAGLIO SHOWING A SHIP SET IN A MODERN RING, 1ST CENTURY AD, RING 20TH CENTURY A ROMAN GARNET INTAGLIO SHOWING A SHIP SET IN A MODERN RING, 1ST CENTURY AD, RING 20TH CENTURY

A ROMAN GARNET INTAGLIO SHOWING A SHIP SET IN A MODERN RING, 1ST CENTURY AD, RING 20TH CENTURY

Reference: ART600940

A fine intaglio in garnet of a Roman merchant ship sailing to the right. The single masted sailing ship was the staple transport method of the Mediterranean during the time of the later Republic and then till the end of the Empire. These ships transported the huge amount of grain, oil and wine which as required to keep the large cities supplied with victuals. It might be tempting to imagine that such a ring would have belonged to a ship owner of the period.
Intaglio 20 by 17 mm.
Size: 13
Weight: 10.4 gr.

PROVENANCE
From a European collection formed in the 1980's.