1st century BC-1st century AD. A slender gold ring with tapering shoulders, pyramidal bezel with inset garnet cloison, intaglio profile bird. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 164. 3.37 grams, 21.17mm overall, 18.01mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10) (3/4"). Ex an important Dutch collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1970s. [No Reserve]