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LOT 0590
Archaic Greek Decorated Bronze Ring
8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (1.70 grams, 19.64 mm overall, 18.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Sheet-bronze coil with pointillé pellets to the edges and ring-and-dot 'eye'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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