Bidspirit auction | GREEK GOLD SWIVEL RING WITH

GREEK GOLD SWIVEL RING WITH INTAGLIO OF A LION - Ca. 500 BCA gold swivel ring with a slender rounded hoop, the terminals bound with short coils of wire and supporting a transverse bar suspending a circular pale green intaglio. The obverse is engraved with a lion in profile, its elongated body seated on a short groundline, with raised tail, full mane and head turned back, the reverse slightly convex and plain.Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 5.67g.Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1990s UK Ancient art collection.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1917,0501.527.