A gold ring with a Etruscan scarab intaglio. - image-1

Lot 288 Dα

A gold ring with a Etruscan scarab intaglio.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 14:00 - Jewellery, Furniture, Objects of Vertu, Boxes, Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 1.300 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.364 € (incl. premium)

A gold ring with a Etruscan scarab intaglio.

With an archaeological revival style omega form band, set with a twisting cornelion scarab intaglio (ca. 11 x 9 x 5 mm) depicting a griffon. Ring size 55. Weight 10.6 g.
Falco Marx (Cologne 1941 - ibid. 2012), the intaglio ca. 5th/4th BC.

Provenance

Purchased from the artist's studio.