PHOENICIAN GOLD SWIVEL RING WITH AGATE SCARAB

Ca. 600 - 400 BC. > A gold swivel ring with a substantial round-section hoop, its terminals bound with tightly coiled gold wire. The agate scarab is mounted on a transverse gold pin, with a convex back and a flat underside engraved with a dense arrangement of Egyptianising hieroglyphic signs enclosed within a linear border. > For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number E48502. > Size: D:17.12mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N; Weight: 8.8g > Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired in Brussels, Belgium; initially from a Swiss private collection (1901–1981). > This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. > >

Utropspris:SEK 13,211.25

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