GREEK GOLD RING WITH DOUBLE BUST INTAGLIO 2nd-1st century BC A gold finger ring with flat-section hoop and expanding shoulders with ropework filigree to the borders, median band of granules, filigree volute scrolls to the shoulders with granules, the cell with collar of granules below a twisted filigree collar, inset black onyx cloison with intaglio profile eagle's head, profile bearded male mask to the throat. 12 grams, 26mm overall, 19.76mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 22.0, Japan 21) (1"). Condition Extremely fine condition. A large wearable size. Provenance From an old European collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. Literature See Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D. The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977 for discussion.
GREEK GOLD RING WITH DOUBLE BUST INTAGLIO 2nd-1st century BC A gold finger ring with flat-section hoop and expanding shoulders with ropework filigree to the borders, median band of granules, filigree volute scrolls to the shoulders with granules, the cell with collar of granules below a twisted filigree collar, inset black onyx cloison with intaglio profile eagle's head, profile bearded male mask to the throat. 12 grams, 26mm overall, 19.76mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 22.0, Japan 21) (1"). Condition Extremely fine condition. A large wearable size. Provenance From an old European collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. Literature See Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D. The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977 for discussion.
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