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LOT 0542

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

HELLENISTIC BRONZE RING WITH FLYING BIRD
CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (4.71 grams, 24.38 mm overall, 18.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).

With carinated hoop, scaphoid bezel, intaglio bird in flight. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex old English collection.
London art market, pre 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 71, for type.

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