Lot Essay
Cf. D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold, The British Museum, London, 1994, p. 79, no. 34 for a related setting and p. 171, no. 108 for a glass bezel
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FINE AND RARE HELLENISTIC GOLD RING WITH MOTTLED GLASS SCARABOID, the heavy semicircular angular-section hoop with a six-petalled rosette on either shoulder, supporting a large oval bezel set with a brightly coloured mottled red, black, turquoise and yellow glass scaraboid, the open-backed gold setting formed by a band of plain, spiral beaded and twisted wires, the glass inset held in place by sheet gold dog-teeth settings, 3rd Century B.C.
Details
A FINE AND RARE HELLENISTIC GOLD RING WITH MOTTLED GLASS SCARABOID, the heavy semicircular angular-section hoop with a six-petalled rosette on either shoulder, supporting a large oval bezel set with a brightly coloured mottled red, black, turquoise and yellow glass scaraboid, the open-backed gold setting formed by a band of plain, spiral beaded and twisted wires, the glass inset held in place by sheet gold dog-teeth settings, 3rd Century B.C.
1¼in. (3.1cm.) across max.
1¼in. (3.1cm.) across max.