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LOT 0270
Sassanian Gold Ring with Garnet Intaglio
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.52 grams, 24.20 mm overall, 18.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
Hollow-formed with ellipsoid stepped bezel, granule to one edge for alignment, inset cabochon intaglio of a nude male gripping the edges of an arch.
Provenance
Private Swiss collection, acquired 1999.
Ex Surena collection, London, UK.
Private European collection.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 320, for type.
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LOT 0270
Sassanian Gold Ring with Garnet Intaglio
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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