A Hellenistic Gold and Sardonyx Cameo Finger Ring with the God Dionysos
A Hellenistic Gold and Sardonyx Cameo Finger Ring with the God Dionysos
Circa 1st Century B.C.
Ring size 6 1/4; 5.7 dwt.
Antiquities & Ancient Art
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, 1980s.
Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd., New York, 1992 (The Gift of the Gods: Jewelry from the Ancient World, no. 79, p. 59).
Christie's, New York, Ancient Jewelry, 8 December 2005, Lot 74.
A large and rare late Hellenistic glyptic. For a comparative cameo from the princely collection of the Medici Family in Florence, see A. Giuliano, I cammei dalla Collezione Medicea del Museo Archeologico di Firenz, 1989, no. 75.
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A Hellenistic Gold and Sardonyx Cameo Finger Ring with the God Dionysos
Circa 1st Century B.C.
Ring size 6 1/4; 5.7 dwt.
Antiquities & Ancient Art
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, 1980s.
Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd., New York, 1992 (The Gift of the Gods: Jewelry from the Ancient World, no. 79, p. 59).
Christie's, New York, Ancient Jewelry, 8 December 2005, Lot 74.
A large and rare late Hellenistic glyptic. For a comparative cameo from the princely collection of the Medici Family in Florence, see A. Giuliano, I cammei dalla Collezione Medicea del Museo Archeologico di Firenz, 1989, no. 75.
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