Lot 1404
A 2-piece lot of Two Asiatic Monolithic Signet Rings. 1) A milky-white quarts finger ring, ca. 3rd-5th century AD. The ring is carved from a single stone (monolithic), the flat bezel engraved with a flowering plant, rising from container. Wearable. Measures: 5.5 ring size;Weighs: 5.8 gm.
Ex Sotheby's Antiquities London (24 January 1972), Lot 82
2) A polished brown and gray chalcedony monolithic ring, ca. 2nd-5th AD. The bezel is engraved with the image of a two trees; left, date palm tree; right, broad leafed tree; both trees on ground line. Wearable. Measures: 3 ring size; 9.8 g; Fracture and repair to two cracks 11 mm apart.
Ex Sotheby's Antiquities, London (21 December 1978), Lot 146.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
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