A GREEK GOLD AND CARNELIAN SCARAB SWIVEL RING WITH AN AMAZON

Lot 160
17.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 160 | A GREEK GOLD AND CARNELIAN SCARAB SWIVEL RING WITH AN AMAZON
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$ 120 000 – 180 000
A GREEK GOLD AND CARNELIAN SCARAB SWIVEL RING WITH AN AMAZON

ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEMON MASTER, INSCRIBED ‘TEISISTRATOS,' LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Scarab: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm.) long; hoop: 13/16 in. (2.2 cm.) wide





Provenance

with Dr. Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Toronto and Jerusalem, acquired by 1983; thence by descent.

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.



Literature

G.M. Bernheimer, Ancient Gems from the Borowski Collection, Ruhpolding, 2007, pp. 38-39, no. EG-11.

H.C.L. Wiegandt, Die griechischen Siegel der klassischen Zeit: Ikonographischer Vergleich, Frankfurt, 2009, p. 45; Katalog p. 65, no. Bac3, pl. XXXIX.
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