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Greek Child's Bronze Ring with Recumbent Bull Greek Child's Bronze Ring with Recumbent Bull Greek Child's Bronze Ring with Recumbent Bull
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LOT 0817

Greek Child's Bronze Ring with Recumbent Bull

4TH CENTURY B.C.

1/2 in. (1.09 grams, 14.97 mm overall, 11.76 mm internal diameter).

Ellipsoid bezel with incuse image of a beast in profile with its legs folded beneath the body. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Literature

Cf.Richter, G.M.A., The engraved gems of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans, part two: Engraved Gems of the Romans: A supplement to the History of Roman Art, London, 1971, no.409, for a similar iconography of a recumbent bull.

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LOT 0817

Greek Child's Bronze Ring with Recumbent Bull

Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)

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 £5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*

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