PHOENICIAN GOLD SWIVEL RING WITH GRIFFIN SCARABOID ROCK CRYSTAL

Ca. 500-400 BC
A gold swivel finger ring featuring a rock crystal scaraboid engraved with a griffin. Very well preserved and wearable. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 74.51.4209.
Size: D:18.75mm / US:8 3/4 / UK:R ; 8.85g
Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1970s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database.
Estimate: GBP 3000 - 6000