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LOT 0470

Estimate
GBP (£) 200 - 300
EUR (€) 230 - 350
USD ($) 250 - 380

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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