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LOT 0575
Greek Ring with Artemis Bee Gemstone
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (3.77 grams, 24.34 mm overall, 16.02 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
A bronze finger ring with inset carnelian gemstone, intaglio bee with legs splayed.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 60, for type.
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