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1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
A LATE HELLENISTIC GOLD AND CORNELIAN RING
1ST CENTURY B.C.
The oval bezel set with cornelian intaglio showing a kneeling figure splitting wood(?), to the right a naked dwarf standing looking on, around the figures is a hatched border
¾ in. (1.7 cm.) across inner hoop
1ST CENTURY B.C.
The oval bezel set with cornelian intaglio showing a kneeling figure splitting wood(?), to the right a naked dwarf standing looking on, around the figures is a hatched border
¾ in. (1.7 cm.) across inner hoop
Provenance
Formerly in a private collection of gold jewellery assembled during the 1920s-1930s: sold Christie's London, 6 July 1994, lot 343.
Special notice
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Sale room notice
The illustration for this lot on page 110 numbered as 402 in the middle of the illustration, should be numbered as 403.