A GREEK AMETHYST RINGSTONE WITH A BUST OF A GODDESS

Lot 161
26.01.2023 12:30UTC -05:00
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$ 50 400
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ID 888447
Lot 161 | A GREEK AMETHYST RINGSTONE WITH A BUST OF A GODDESS
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$ 25 000 – 35 000
A GREEK AMETHYST RINGSTONE WITH A BUST OF A GODDESS

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

3/4 in. (1.9 cm.) long





Provenance

Paul Julius Arndt (1865-1937), Munich (impression of gem preserved in In Memoriam: Collezione Paul Arndt).

Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by descent.

Masterpieces in Miniature: Ancient Engraved Gems Formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Christie's, New York, 29 April 2019, lot 24.



Literature

J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 132, no. 120, ill. cover.



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