LOT 59 ROMAN GOLD RING WITH GRYLLOS INTAGLIO
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Ca. 100 ADA gold finger ring composed of a round hoop with expanded shoulders and an applied bezel cell set with a stone intaglio engraved with gryllos. A creature consists of a bald and bearded Silenus head, an equine protome with a lush and raised tail, all upon a pair of rooster legs. For a comparison see G.M.A. Richter, Catalogue of engraved gems. Greek, Etruscan and Roman (The Metropolitan Museum of Art- New York), Plate LXIII n. 541.Size: D: 16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: L; 11.97gProvenance: Property of a London doctor; Previously in a private Swiss family collection since the 1980s.
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