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LOT 0547
Greek Gold Ring with Rosette and Filigree
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (6.37 grams, 25.62 mm overall, 22.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
With granule to each shoulder, discoid bezel with beaded wire rim, ropework band and central cinquefoil motif.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12388-226931.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 66.
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LOT 0547
Greek Gold Ring with Rosette and Filigree
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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