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Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

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LOT 0100

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

HELLENISTIC, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

7/8 in. (4.44 grams, 22.75 mm overall, 18.40 x 16.38 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).

Hollow-formed ellipsoid-section bezel and D-section hoop; inset intaglio portrait bust in profile of a young female with her hair dressed in a chignon.

Provenance

Private collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13486-262459.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 102, for type.

Footnotes

The prototypes of this ring date back to the 3rd-2nd centuries B.C., as shown by dated examples from Hellenistic graves in Taranto. The type was still in use in the early centuries of the Roman era.

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LOT 0100

Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait

Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)

Opening Bid
£1,400 (EUR 1,624; USD 1,890) +BP*

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