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LOT 0563

Etruscan Engraved Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring

CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C. AND LATER

1 3/8 in. (10.23 grams, 35.18 mm overall, 17.75 x 23.05 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).

Carnelian scarab with flat underside, segmented border around a figure bent over his tools, set into a later swivel-mount with carinated hoop, wires wound round the shank at each shoulder. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from a London dealer in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12745-234210.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 43, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0563

Etruscan Engraved Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820

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