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LOT 0097
Etruscan Gold Spiral Ring
8TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (5.45 grams, 19.01 mm overall, 15.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2 3/4, Europe 3.67, Japan 3)).
Comprising a D-section band with median band of raised ropework; S-curved format.
Provenance
with Arts d'Orient Archaeology, Paris, 7 June 2006, no. 556.
Ex Galerie Dominique Thirion, Brussels, Belgium.
From the private collection of Mr K.A.
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