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LOT 0617
Eastern Greek Bronze Ring with Bull
5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (6.02 grams, 23.53 mm overall, 19.02 x 17.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
Ellipsoid bezel with incuse profile figure of a bull, frond above.
ProvenanceEnglish art market, 2022.
Private collection, England.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 64, for type.
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