Bidspirit auction | ETRUSCAN GOLD SWIVEL RING WITH

ETRUSCAN GOLD SWIVEL RING WITH GLASS SCARABOID OF A LION - Ca. 400 BC. A gold swivel ring with a slender, tapering hoop and an oval frame set between its wire-wrapped ends, enclosing a green glass scaraboid. At the rear of the hoop is a polygonal element with filigree collars, surmounted by a large knop. One face of the scaraboid is plain and convex. The other is engraved with a rearing lion in profile on a groundline, with one forepaw raised. For similar see: The Classical Art Research Centre, Record Number: 40008267. Size: D:14.68mm / US: 3 1/2 / UK: G 1/2; Weight: 9.8g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in an Austrian private collection dating to the 1980s–early 1990s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.