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LOT 0548
Greek Bronze Ring with Satyr
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (7.41 grams, 22.72 mm overall, 18.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
With ellipsoid bezel, incuse profile image of a satyr before a pillar (possibly a herm).
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 69, for type.
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