A GREEK GOLD AND CARNELIAN FINGER RING
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
A GREEK GOLD AND CARNELIAN FINGER RING CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C. With a solid broad hoop, flat on the interior, rounded on the exterior, expanding slightly to the shoulders and extending up to the wide flaring oval bezel, the rim with an engraved scrolling tendril framed on the outer edge with bead-and-reel and on the inner edge with tongues, set with a convex oval carnelian, engraved with a bull charging to the right, the forelegs bent, his head lowered, the tail curving forward with the dot tassel on the flank, the ribs indicated, on a groundline 1 in. (2.5 cm.) wide; ring size 6
A GREEK GOLD AND CARNELIAN FINGER RING
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
A GREEK GOLD AND CARNELIAN FINGER RING CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C. With a solid broad hoop, flat on the interior, rounded on the exterior, expanding slightly to the shoulders and extending up to the wide flaring oval bezel, the rim with an engraved scrolling tendril framed on the outer edge with bead-and-reel and on the inner edge with tongues, set with a convex oval carnelian, engraved with a bull charging to the right, the forelegs bent, his head lowered, the tail curving forward with the dot tassel on the flank, the ribs indicated, on a groundline 1 in. (2.5 cm.) wide; ring size 6
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