A GREEK GOLD SCARAB IN SILVER SWIVEL RING

CIRCA 420 B.C., MAGNA GRAECIA

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A GREEK GOLD SCARAB IN SILVER SWIVEL RING
CIRCA 420 B.C., MAGNA GRAECIA
The hollow scarab naturalistically detailed with head, legs and wing case, the base with repoussé seated woman with himation draped over her head holding foliage in her outstretched left hand, the scarab threaded on a gold wire spirally attached to the terminals of the D-section silver hoop, slight damage to scarab edge
1.8 cm. internal diam.

Provenance

Bense collection: sold Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, lot 220.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Mnzen und Medaillen A. G., Basel, Sonderliste M, September 1970, p. 38, no. 92, ill. on p. 37.

Cf. G. Becatti, Oreficerie Antiche, Rome, 1955, p. 188, pl. LXXXI, no. 332.

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