Lot Essay
For a carnelian ringstone with a similar mask see no. 242, pl. 65 in G.M. Richter, Catalogue of the Engraved Gems of the Classical Style.
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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK GOLD AND GARNET FINGER RING
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
With a heavy, plain hoop, flat on the interior, rounded on the exterior, expanding slightly to the high circular bezel, set with a hemispherical garnet, engraved with a theater mask of a youth in profile, the crown of his head with short wavy hair, with three long ringlets descending below
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) long; ring size 8
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
With a heavy, plain hoop, flat on the interior, rounded on the exterior, expanding slightly to the high circular bezel, set with a hemispherical garnet, engraved with a theater mask of a youth in profile, the crown of his head with short wavy hair, with three long ringlets descending below
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) long; ring size 8
Provenance
Edouard Guilhou, Paris.
Catalogue of the Guilhou Collection, Sotheby's, London, 9-12 November 1937, lot 191.
Ralph Harari (d. 1969), London.
with S.J. Phillips, London, 1975.
Catalogue of the Guilhou Collection, Sotheby's, London, 9-12 November 1937, lot 191.
Ralph Harari (d. 1969), London.
with S.J. Phillips, London, 1975.
Literature
S. de Ricci, Catalogue of the Ancient Rings formed by the late E. Guilhou, Paris, 1912, no. 272.
J. Boardman and D. Scarisbrick, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, no. 31.
D. Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems, Oxford, 1999, p. 135, no. 674, pl. 83.
J. Boardman and D. Scarisbrick, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, no. 31.
D. Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems, Oxford, 1999, p. 135, no. 674, pl. 83.
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