SET OF TWO RINGS Provenance Paris, private... Lot 22

SET OF TWO RINGS Provenance Paris, private collection of Mr S., early 1980s, then by descent. TWO RINGS SET WITH LAPIS LAZULI SCARAB AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH MODERN GOLD MOUNTINGS, 2ND CENTURY B.C. AND 2ND CENTURY A.D. The egyptian scarab engraved with nfr-j. The roman carnelian intaglio engraved with a young man in front of a seated shepherd under a tree. (scratch). One set with a scaraboid seal engraved on the reverse with nfr-j hieroglyphs. Egypt, Greco-Roman period. Seal_ 11x10 mm (0,4x 0,3 in), 3,49 grs. The other set with a carnelian intaglio. A bucolic scene showing an old shepherd sitting, facing a young shepherd standing under a tree. In the field a goat. Roman art, 2nd - 3rd century. Intaglio_ 10 x 13 mm ( 0,4 x 0,5 in), 3,22 grs. The gold mounts are based on ancient typologies; work of the early 20th century.