Lot 208

MASTERPIECES IN MINIATURE, PART II: ANCIENT ENGRAVED GEMS FORMERLY IN THE G. SANGIORGI COLLECTION

A GRECO-PERSIAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN TABLOID FINGER RING WITH A BULL

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Name: A GRECO-PERSIAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN TABLOID FINGER RING WITH A BULL
Brand: CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Price: 8000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 10,000

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USD 10,000 - USD 15,000

Closed: 16 Jun 2020

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A GRECO-PERSIAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN TABLOID FINGER RING WITH A BULL

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Price Realised USD 10,000

Closed: 16 Jun 2020

Price Realised USD 10,000

Closed: 16 Jun 2020

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³⁄₈ in. (.95 cm.) long

Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

The cast hoop is of penannular form, tapering to duck-head terminals, their heads turned back. At the back of each head extends a pin inserted into the carnelian tabloid. One face is engraved with a plunging bull on a thin groundline, its head lowered and right foreleg bent acutely. The reverse is engraved with a single Greek letter, Λ. For the subject compare the chalcedony scaraboid in Cambridge, pl. 898 in J. Boardman, .