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Lot Essay
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S. de Ricci, Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Rings formed by the late E. Guilhou, Paris, 1912, no. 290.
J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, p. 424, no. 824.
J. Boardman and D. Scarisbrook, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, p. 17, no. 12.
For a discussion on depictions of Eros found on late Hellenistic gold rings see. J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, Early Bronze Age to Late Classical, London, 1970, p. 229. According to Boardman finger rings with large round bezels cut with comparatively small devices were a western Greek specialty. "A few show divinities...most popular of all is Eros. He is shown at that transition between adolescence and babyhood which marks the reversal of his growing up in Greek art, and can be placed around the end of the fourth century. He is variously occupied on the rings - with his bows and arrows, often with torches and thyrsos, for he is now admitted to the Dionysiac circle, reading and on an altar. These rings were intended as a display of bullion, not for use as seals or as fields for high artistry". There is an almost identical ring in Naples Museum, inv. no. 25082, found in Capua Vetere, Campania.
S. de Ricci, Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Rings formed by the late E. Guilhou, Paris, 1912, no. 290.
J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, p. 424, no. 824.
J. Boardman and D. Scarisbrook, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, p. 17, no. 12.
For a discussion on depictions of Eros found on late Hellenistic gold rings see. J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, Early Bronze Age to Late Classical, London, 1970, p. 229. According to Boardman finger rings with large round bezels cut with comparatively small devices were a western Greek specialty. "A few show divinities...most popular of all is Eros. He is shown at that transition between adolescence and babyhood which marks the reversal of his growing up in Greek art, and can be placed around the end of the fourth century. He is variously occupied on the rings - with his bows and arrows, often with torches and thyrsos, for he is now admitted to the Dionysiac circle, reading and on an altar. These rings were intended as a display of bullion, not for use as seals or as fields for high artistry". There is an almost identical ring in Naples Museum, inv. no. 25082, found in Capua Vetere, Campania.