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Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Double Actor's Mask Gemstone Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Double Actor's Mask Gemstone Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Double Actor's Mask Gemstone
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LOT 0571

Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Double Actor's Mask Gemstone

1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. AND LATER

7/8 in. (6.00 grams, 22.90 mm overall, 17.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).

Hoop with applied filigree and granules to the shoulders, inset later nicolo intaglio with janiform bust of male and female heads.

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot 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 206, for type.

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LOT 0571

Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Double Actor's Mask Gemstone

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340

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