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LOT 0524
Hellenistic Bronze Ring with Lion Attacking a Warrior
CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (9.17 grams, 24.52 mm overall, 19.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
With narrow flat-bottomed hoop, ellipsoid bezel with incuse combat scene of a standing human figure with a shield seizing a rearing lion. [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.
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