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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A LATE ROMAN OR BYZANTINE BRONZE FINGER RING
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A LATE ROMAN OR BYZANTINE BRONZE FINGER RING
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Cast with a plain hoop, round in section, tapering slightly towards the shoulders, and merging with the underside of the disk-shaped bezel, engraved with a gamecock, raised up on his pointed toes, the comb swept back, the chest swelled, his tail fanning
1 15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) wide
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Cast with a plain hoop, round in section, tapering slightly towards the shoulders, and merging with the underside of the disk-shaped bezel, engraved with a gamecock, raised up on his pointed toes, the comb swept back, the chest swelled, his tail fanning
1 15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) wide
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 197.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 197.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 197.