23rd Jun, 2022 9:30
A Near Eastern ring with sardonyx cameo, depicting the portrait of Bactrian King Eucratides I, in a hollow high carat gold mount with knobs to one side of the shoulders and to the back, unmarked, ring size Q½, cameo measuring 1.8 x 1.8 cm, total weight of item 9.7 grams.
Reference:
H-P. Francfort, Tillya Tepe and connections with the Eurasian steppes, Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road, New Haven, Londres, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press, p. 87 fig. 2
Sold for £280
A Near Eastern ring with sardonyx cameo, depicting the portrait of Bactrian King Eucratides I, in a hollow high carat gold mount with knobs to one side of the shoulders and to the back, unmarked, ring size Q½, cameo measuring 1.8 x 1.8 cm, total weight of item 9.7 grams.
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