Lot no. 230
EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN RING WITH ALMOND-SHAPED BEZEL.
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
A finger ring carved from a single piece of carnelian with an elongated almond-shaped bezel tapering to pointed ends, above a broad carinated hoop of triangular section.
Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 3.7g.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of an early 2000s UK ancient art collection; formerly in the collection of G.M., prior to 1996.
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