Of substantial proportions, the hollow hoop is rounded on the exterior, flat on the interior. The shoulders broaden towards the large oval flat bezel.
Of substantial proportions, the hollow hoop is rounded on the exterior, flat on the interior. The shoulders broaden towards the large oval flat bezel.
Provenance
Jean Sigrist Collection, Basel, acquired in the 1960s - 1970s
With Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 2002
Swiss private collection, acquired from the above
Literature
The form of this large and impressive ring is characteristic of the Hellenistic period. For a similar type, see D. Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems, Oxford, 1999: Type IIB; also S. Walker, Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth, London, 2001, no. 43 (structure), no. 136 (form). For a slightly earlier but also undecorated bezel see F. Marshall, Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1908, 911: acc. no. 1877,0910.23.