Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
WEB AUCTION 106: Glittica WEB AUCTION 106: Glittica
venerdì 12 novembre 2021 ore 15:00 (UTC +00:00)
A large late hellenistic gilted bronze ring set with glass paste.
A large late hellenistic gilted bronze ring set with glass paste.
1st century B.C.
Glass 13x15 mm ; ring 21x16 mm ; 17,36 grs
Oval hoop, convex without, concave within. It broadens out widely at the head. The bezel is in the form of a raised gold hollow disk soldered to the head of the ring, with a dark glass.
Parallel: Antiken Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen, Band. IV, T.36, n°236, inv. K 1349
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U.K. private collection