RING In gold with two ligature coils and a decorative... Lot 32

RING In gold with two ligature coils and a decorative band in the center featuring a long pearl wire bent in half and holding another wire in a loose braid, ending in an 8-petal rosette disk edged with pearl wire. Diam. 25/27 mm; 19.3 g. Carthage, Hellenistic period. Comparanda : NICOLINI, G., Technique des ors antiques, pl.46, 72-76. Provenance: French private collection of Madame B., acquired on the Paris art market. An Hellenistic gold ring with two ligature turns with a decorative band in the center presenting a long beaded wire folded in two and retaining a wire another wire in a loose braid, ending in an 8-petalled rosette disc edged with beaded wire. Probably Carthage, 4th century B.C.