Lot 354
354
A GREEK SILVER FINGER RING
THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
A GREEK SILVER FINGER RING

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500 B.C.

Details
A GREEK SILVER FINGER RING
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500 B.C.
Formed from a solid bar, circular in section, hammered flat into a diamond-shaped bezel, then bent back upon itself and soldered, the bezel engraved with a lion facing right, its head turned back, its forelegs stretched out, its haunches raised, the tail extending back; enclosed within a hatched border
1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) wide; ring size 9½
Provenance
with Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York, 1972.

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Lot Essay

According to Boardman ("Archaic Finger Rings" in Antike Kunst, p. 18), rings of this group have been found in Greek and Etruscan sites. Some were likely made in Greece, Sicily or South Italy, others in Etruria. For another example with a lion see F1, pl. 5 in Boardman, op. cit.

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