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LOT 0056
Egyptian Bronze Ring with Portrait
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 in. (21.88 grams, 30.19 mm overall, 19.08 x 16.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
With ellipsoid plaque, low-relief profile bust of a male with tousled hair and aquiline nose.
ProvenanceAcquired by the owners family in the 1980s.
Ex Rupert Wace, Ancient Art Ltd, London UK.
with Christie's, New York, ‘Ancient Jewellery’, 11 December 2003, no.378.
European private collection.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12084-218157.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 69, for type.
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