Bidspirit auction | STUNNING HELLENISTIC SOLID GOLD RING

STUNNING HELLENISTIC SOLID GOLD RING WITH SEATED QUEEN HOLDING A DOVE - Ca. 300 - 100 BC. A gold ring with a slender flat-section hoop widening to a large oval bezel. The bezel is engraved with a seated queen in profile on a stool, wearing a long draped garment and a diadem, and holding a dove before her. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1994.230.1. Size: D:21.39mm / US: 12 / UK: X 1/2; Weight: 11g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a long-standing private family collection assembled between the 1960s and 2000. The XRF analyses performed demonstrate that the compositional profile of the metal is consistent with, and technically compatible with, documented metallic compositions of objects from the attributed historical period, thereby providing substantial material support for the object’s authenticity. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.