GREEK BRONZE RING WITH BIRD AND ALTAR Ca. 400 - 100 BC. A bronze ring with an oval bezel engraved with a long-legged bird standing in profile before a tall altar composed of fluted vertical tiers surmounted by a rounded finial. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 416 (ring). Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 3.89g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.