Lot 216
Lot 216
MASTERPIECES IN MINIATURE, PART II: ANCIENT ENGRAVED GEMS FORMERLY IN THE G. SANGIORGI COLLECTION
A ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN FINGER RING WITH APOLLO

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

Price Realised USD 106,250
Estimate
USD 12,000 - USD 18,000
Closed: 16 Jun 2020
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A ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN FINGER RING WITH APOLLO

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

Price Realised USD 106,250
Closed: 16 Jun 2020
Price Realised USD 106,250
Closed: 16 Jun 2020
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Details
78 in. (2.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941), England.
Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland by 1965; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Literature
C. Seltman, Approach to Greek Art, London, 1950, p. 72, pl. 71d.
J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 198, no. 184.
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