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LOT 0093
Large Greek Silver Ring with Advancing Lion
5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/8 in. (16.12 grams, 30.64 mm overall, 19.55 x 22.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)).
With round-section hoop and scaphoid plaque, incuse advancing lion in profile on a baseline.
Provenancewith Artemis Gallery, Munich, 1990s.
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, 8 February 2006.
European private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12659-234646.
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.
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