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LOT 0100
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab with Hercules at a Fountain in Gold Ring
3RD CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (5.73 grams, 22.52 mm overall, 18.68 x 16.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Hoop made from D-section wire with coils to the shoulders, scarab bezel with carapace detailing and intaglio of a standing nude figure of Hercules holding a club and amphora at a stream, enclosed by a roped border.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, England.
See for comparison, Boardman, J. and Vollenweider, M-L., Catalogue of the Engraved Gems and Finger Rings, I: Greek and Etruscan, Oxford, 1978, items 220 and 228; Boardman, J., Intaglios and Rings. Greek, Etruscan and Eastern from a Private Collection, London, 1975, no.150; Pannuti, U., Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. La collezione glittica, p.53, item 32; Cristofani, M. and Martelli, M. (eds.), L'oro degli Etruschi, Novara, 1983, p.240, no.270, for the mounting.
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LOT 0100
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab with Hercules at a Fountain in Gold Ring
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £75
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