Signet Ring with a Bearded Head in a Clear Stone
Hellenistic style · 21.1K gold
An oval of colourless stone engraved with a bearded male head in profile, in a plain high-carat gold band.
- Form
- Signet ring
- Gold
- 21.1 karat — 87.7% gold by XRF
- Stones
- Set with a colourless stone engraved in intaglio with a bearded head
- Weight
- 4 g including the stone
- Dimensions
- Height 2.2 cm (⅞ in.); bezel 1.4 cm (½ in.)
- Ring size
- 6½ (US)
- Style
- Hellenistic style; made now
- Reference
- CG-13
$640
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Enquire about this pieceThe bearded head in profile — a god, a philosopher or a king — is the classic subject of the Greek and Roman gem-engraver, and a colourless stone lets it be read from the front as well as in impression. Pressed into wax, it leaves a clear portrait.
The gold reads 87.7 per cent by XRF, just over 21 karat: the richest metal in the collection, and visibly warmer in colour than the 18-karat pieces around it.
A small size: 6½ (US), 4 grams including the stone.