Lot Essay
For the composition compare the nicolo ringstone no. 371 in Wagner and Boardman, A Collection of Classical and Eastern Intaglios, Rings and Cameos.
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LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK GOLD AND CARNELIAN FINGER RING
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
The hollow hoop rounded on the exterior and interior, expanding to the broad shoulders, the circular bezel set with a flat stone engraved with a bearded satyr moving to the right, depicted nude, his musculature well defined, an animal skin draped over his bent right arm, a fileted thyrsus in his left hand, on a short groundline
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) wide; ring size 8½
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
The hollow hoop rounded on the exterior and interior, expanding to the broad shoulders, the circular bezel set with a flat stone engraved with a bearded satyr moving to the right, depicted nude, his musculature well defined, an animal skin draped over his bent right arm, a fileted thyrsus in his left hand, on a short groundline
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) wide; ring size 8½
Provenance
Private Collection, France, 1985.
Private Collection, New York, late 1980s.
Private Collection, New York, late 1980s.
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