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Romano-Egyptian Silver Ring with Cat and Kittens Romano-Egyptian Silver Ring with Cat and Kittens Romano-Egyptian Silver Ring with Cat and Kittens
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LOT 0470

Romano-Egyptian Silver Ring with Cat and Kittens

ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 AD.

1 in. (9.21 grams, 25.43 mm overall, 19.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).

D-shaped in profile with flared shoulders, bezel with a reclining cat and two sitting kittens facing in opposite directions. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 16, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0470

Romano-Egyptian Silver Ring with Cat and Kittens

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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