Achaemenid Gold Ring with Agate Bull Figure

CIRCA 500 B.C.

1 in. (4.71 grams, 27.98 mm overall, 19.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).

Comprising a round-section swivel ring set with a carved bull depicted recumbent with its head turned to the right.

Provenance

Private collection, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12939-245988.

Literature

For similar see Musée du Louvre, Paris, AF 11092 and N 2090; The British Museum, 1947,1011.2 and 1918,0411.15; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 30.8.418, and the Fitzwilliam Museum: E.GA.21.1947.

CONDITION

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LOT 0228