GRAECO-ETRUSCAN SILVER RING WITH MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

Ca. 550 - 500 BC. A silver ring with a rounded hoop and an elongated oval bezel engraved in three registers, divided by horizontal bands and enclosed by a notched border. The upper register depicts a human-headed bird with spread wings, the central register a winged sphinx, and the lower register a hippocamp with raised wing and curved tail. For similar see: The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, inv. 85.AM.268. Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 14g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market during the 1990s. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.