A Roman 3rd Century AD carved blue-grey agate cameo ring
A rare Roman agate cameo ring, 3rd century AD, set with a blue-grey cameo of funerary theme depicting a standing Cupid, with pensive expression and legs crossed leaning on a down-turned torch, emblematic of love, cruelly extinguished by death, 1.0cm high, mounted in a contemporary gold ring with foliate pierced shoulders, size H