London, Italy
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22 aprile 2022 ore 15:00 CEST (14:00 BST)
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LOT 36:
A greek Hellenistic gold ring set with a glass intaglio. Female portrait.
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Start price:
£
500
Estimated price :
£700 - £900
Buyer's Premium: 26%
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A greek Hellenistic gold ring set with a glass intaglio. Female portrait.
2nd - 1st century B.C.
int diam 18 mm; 12x13 mm; 4,38 gr.
With hollowed rounded hoop, flatten within and extending in broader shoulders sloping inwards, to an oval box-setting with two bands of gold rising one above the other. Inset with a blue pale glass intaglio. Showing a head of a woman turned left. Her hair with long wavy locks tided back in a bun. Presence of globular elements for the earring, tin of the nose and chin. Missings and traces of deposits on the box-setting and the shoulders. Slight accident on the hoop. Nice conservation of the glass impression. Parrallel: Marshall, F.H., 1968, n°385-386
Provenance: London, art market.
