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Lot 28 - Auction 107

An etruscan carnelian scarab set in a gold swivel ring. Centaur.
Estimate:
1.500,00/3.000,00 £
Starting price:
1.000,00 GBP
Price realized:
1.000,00 GBP
Bids:
1

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Lot status:
Auction closed

Description

An etruscan carnelian scarab set in a gold swivel ring. Centaur.

4th century B.C.

Int diam 21 mm; seal 9 x 13 x 6 mm; 6,09 gr.


With plain rounded hoop bordered at the endings with twisted wire. Disks in the center fixed to the scarab by a transpiercing gold pin endings with twisted wire. The carnelian scarab is well detailed with hatching on the lower edge of the thorax and upon the plinth. The underside is engraved with a Centaur turned left. Use of globular elements for the head and the body. Cable border. Wear marks.



Provenance: U.K. private collection 1985. Formerly in Arthur Sambon (1867-1947) collection.

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