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LOT 0582
Graeco-Parthian Bronze Ring with Courtesan Holding a Flower
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (4.91 grams, 24.51 mm overall, 19.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).
Comprising a slender hoop and an oval bezel with a standing female figure holding a flower. [No Reserve]
Provenance
London, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 0582
Graeco-Parthian Bronze Ring with Courtesan Holding a Flower
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Often, the iconography of an 'elevated' mythological subject was applied to members of Dionysos' retinue. Here we have three typical examples of them: a satyr, an Eros, and a woman, all three behaving according to Bacchic ecstasies.
