Lot Essay
Cf. D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold, The British Museum, London, 1994, p. 79, no. 34 for a related dog-tooth setting and p. 171, no. 108 for a glass bezel.
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3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A FINE AND RARE HELLENISTIC GOLD RING WITH MOTTLED GLASS SCARABOID
3RD CENTURY B.C.
The heavy semicircular angular-section hoop with a six-petalled rosette on either shoulder, supporting a large oval bezel set with a brightly coloured mottled red, black, turquoise and yellow glass scaraboid, the open-backed gold setting formed by a band of plain, spiral beaded and twisted wires, the glass inset held in place by sheet gold dog-teeth settings
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) across max.
3RD CENTURY B.C.
The heavy semicircular angular-section hoop with a six-petalled rosette on either shoulder, supporting a large oval bezel set with a brightly coloured mottled red, black, turquoise and yellow glass scaraboid, the open-backed gold setting formed by a band of plain, spiral beaded and twisted wires, the glass inset held in place by sheet gold dog-teeth settings
1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) across max.
Provenance
Formerly in a private collection: sold Christie's London, 5 July 1995, lot 126.
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