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LOT 0877

Late Roman Solid Gold Ring with Bird and Flower Gem

CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (7.53 grams, 24.95 mm overall, 17.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).

With tapering shoulders, cup bezel, inset green glass cabochon with intaglio bird and flower motif.

Provenance

From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 206, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0877

Late Roman Solid Gold Ring with Bird and Flower Gem

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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