Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a New York Private Collection
A Hellenistic Gold and Garnet Finger Ring, circa 2nd Century B.C.
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July 7, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Private Collection
A Hellenistic Gold and Garnet Finger Ring
circa 2nd Century B.C.
in two parts hinged together, with convex hoop decorated with a round garnet underneath and a pear-shaped garnet on each shoulder, the pins of the hinge above terminating in pendent seed pearls, the oblong hexagonal bezel surmounted by a cabochon garnet in a raised setting.
Height 3.3 cm.
J. J. Klejman (1906-1995), New York, prior to 1974
Martin and Faith-Dorian Wright, acquired from the above
by descent to the current owner
For a related ring from Pelinna in Thessaly see S. G. Miller, Two Groups of Thessalian Gold (UCLA Publications. Classical Studies, vol. 18), 1979, p. 40-41, pl. 26a, b; the author mentions and illustrates several other examples of this type, including one in the John Huston Collection in San Francisco (A. Greifenhagen, “Antiker Goldschmuck in Amerikanischem Privatbesitz,” Pantheon, vol. 26, 1967, p. 82, figs. 6-7 and colour pl.), and two in the British Museum: F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, 1968 (first printed in 1907), nos. 843 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1917-0501-843) and 844 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1917-0501-844). Yet another example is in the Cabinet des Médailles in Paris (https://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c33gbvpt5).