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LOT 0972
Roman Bronze Ring with Venus
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.70 grams, 21.15 mm overall, 18.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
Ellipsoid bezel with intaglio image of Venus standing nude holding a mirror in one hand and dressing her hair with the other.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 194, for type.
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