A GOLD AND HELLENISTIC INTAGLIO RING, the bezel set with an oval amethyst engraved with Oedipus and the Sphinx between high relief shoulders chased as two reclining cherubs, with chased floral sides to the bezel and engraved scroll hoop (small break to back of hoop), the intaglio circa 1st Century B.C., the mount 19th Century

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A GOLD AND HELLENISTIC INTAGLIO RING, the bezel set with an oval amethyst engraved with Oedipus and the Sphinx between high relief shoulders chased as two reclining cherubs, with chased floral sides to the bezel and engraved scroll hoop (small break to back of hoop), the intaglio circa 1st Century B.C., the mount 19th Century
Finger size M 1/2

Lot Essay

For the riddle of Oedipus and the Sphinx see J.Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art (1980), p.228

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