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LOT 0097
Greek Gold Ring with Artemis Gemstone
HELLENISTIC, 2ND CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (11.27 grams, 26.91 mm overall, 17.95 x 20.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Hollow-formed shank with broad plaque and inset garnet cabochon intaglio profile bust of Artemis in high-relief; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEuropean art market.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12219-222340.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 202, for type.
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LOT 0097
Greek Gold Ring with Artemis Gemstone
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Parthian Blue Glazed Water Vessel
2nd century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Discoid body and short tubular neck with everted rim, two loop handles. 561 grams, 19.2 cm
Ex London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London. -
Greek Turquoise Bead Necklace with Gold Beads
Hellenistic, circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Composed of twenty-nine oval turquoise beads and four bicone sheet-gold beads with granulation, decorated with spirals and vertical lines, with beaded wire collars and equator, with later openwork clasp. 72 grams, 55.5 cm
Acquired on European art market, 1990s. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13011-246750.
The use of turquoise and carnelian cloisonné inlay would be more expected in the Ptolemaic or earlier periods than from the Roman period. However, the love of coloured stones increased during the Roman period. In about A.D. 200, Clement said that 'the stones which silly women wear fastened to chains and set in necklaces' included emerald, amethyst, peridot, jasper and ceraunites. Clement's list of stones is closely paralleled by a tariff list of c. A.D. 200, and a list of jewellery from Spain. Both of these sources also include sapphire (hyacinthus) and callaina, which was probably turquoise. -
Greek Gold Ring with Artemis Gemstone
Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Hollow-formed shank with broad plaque and inset garnet cabochon intaglio profile bust of Artemis in high-relief; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 11.27 grams, 26.91 mm overall, 17.95 x 20.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12219-222340.