A GREEK GOLD AND GARNET FINGER RING WITH DANAE

Lot 45
09.06.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 773402
Lot 45 | A GREEK GOLD AND GARNET FINGER RING WITH DANAE
Valeur estimée
$ 200 000 – 300 000
A GREEK GOLD AND GARNET FINGER RING WITH DANAE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Gem: 7⁄8 in. (2.2 cm.) long; Hoop: 1 1⁄4 in. (3.2 cm.) wide




Provenance

Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired by 1933 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 20, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

G. Sangiorgi, "Nuovi acquisti della mia collezione di pietre Incise," Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung 48, 1933, pp. 284-288, pl. 48, figs. 2-4.
A.B. Cook, Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion, vol. III, Cambridge, 1940, p. 470, fig. 310.
J.-J. Maffre, "Danae," in LIMC, vol. III, Zurich and Munich, 1994, p. 330, no. 32.
J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 147, no. 135.
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