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LOT 0862
Parthian Bronze Ring with Attacking Gryphon
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (6.32 grams, 25.71 mm overall, 20.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Round-section hoop supporting a scaphoid plaque with chamfered underside, incuse image of a winged gryphon seizing an ibex. [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 31, for type.
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