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LOT 0187
Italic Carnelian Gemstone Depicting the Goddess Athena Before a Tree in Gold Ring
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.18 grams, 23.95 mm overall, 17.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
With a standing figure wearing chiton facing a tree, possibly Athena facing an olive tree; set into a later gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Private collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13129-248338.
Literature
For motif and style see Boardman, J. and Vollenweider, M-L., Catalogue of the Engraved Gems and Finger Rings, I: Greek and Etruscan, Oxford, 1978, item 371.
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LOT 0187
Italic Carnelian Gemstone Depicting the Goddess Athena Before a Tree in Gold Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
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