Gold Ring Set With A Micromosaic Of The Pyramid Of Caius Cestius.

A gold ring set with a micromosaic of the Pyramid of Caius Cestius.

The Micromosaic is Italian and dates to the first half of the 19th century. 

The ring is made from high carat rose and yellow gold.

The micromosaic measures 2.7 x 2.3cm.

Ring size P 1/2 UK / 7.75 US.

The mosaic is set within translucent opaline glass, the gold behind which shimmering when caught by the light. 

The pyramid was built about 18–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations in Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation. The pyramid measures 100 Roman feet (29.6 m) square at the base and stands 125 Roman feet (37 m) high.