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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).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 69, for type.
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