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LOT 253952
Roman Gold Ring with Greek Glass Boar Intaglio
4TH CENTURY B.C. - 1ST CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (1.93 grams, 22.40 mm overall, 15.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).
Hollow-formed and widening at the shoulders to a high elliptical bezel set with a black and white banded glass intaglio depicting a running boar in profile on a baseline; Greek letters KΠ on the surface under the boar; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Ex private collection, Contessa L.G., since the 1980s.
Private collection, acquired in 1997.
Literature
Cf. for the Greek Intaglio Spier, J. Ancient gems and Finger Rings, Catalogue of the Collections, The J. Paul Getty Museum, p.61 no.119.
Footnotes
The motif and style, a running boar with tube like body, seems to fit into Boardman's Wyndham Cook Group, and could be ascribed to the Graeco-Persian period, although the gemstone was later incorporated in a Roman ring.
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LOT 253952
Roman Gold Ring with Greek Glass Boar Intaglio
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£333 (EUR 387; USD 450) ‡+BP*
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