GREEK BRONZE RING WITH MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL Ca. 400 BC. A bronze finger ring formed of a D-shaped thin hoop and a large bezel with an engraved depiction of a mythological being combining features of a four-legged creature for its lower body, melded with a human head. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 176. Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 3.77g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.