HELLENISTIC JASPER INTAGLIO DEPICTING HERAKLES AND THE NEMEAN LION IN GOLD RING. Ca. 200 - 100 BC . A jasper intaglio engraved with Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion, the nude hero shown in profile, gripping the beast by the forequarters, a knotted club standing to the right. Set in a circular gold collet with a narrow raised rim, the broad shoulders flare from the setting and pass into a flat-band hoop of sub-rectangular section that tapers towards the back. The ring of a possibly later period. For similar see: Christie's, Antiquities: Including Ancient Engraved Gems Formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection Part IV, Lot 78; The British Museum, Museum number 1917,0501.553; D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo Illustrato della Glittica nella Collezione Santarelli, n. i. 50/59c. Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 6.7g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in France in the early 2000s; formerly in a Swiss private collection formed in the 1980s and 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.