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LOT 0069
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab of a Fletcher in Gold Ring
LATE 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (4.24 grams, 27.12 mm overall, 18.38 x 18.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With carapace detailing and intaglio of a crouching male carving an arrow, set within a dotted border; set into a later gold swivel ring.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
For the motif, see Boardman, J. and Vollenweider, M-L., Catalogue of the Engraved Gems and Finger Rings, I: Greek and Etruscan, Oxford, 1978, items 67-8.
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