PAIR OF LARGE GOLD RINGS Greek art, Magna Graecia, 5th-4th century BC Pair of large cylinders between two washers, one larger than the other, with finely applied decoration of plaits and sinusoids. Gross weight: 65.39 gr. Diameter: 8 cm Provenance: K. Bolin Collection, Hergiswil, Switzerland Galerie Rhéa, acquired from Dr Léo Mildenberg, Zurich, late 1990s Cahn International AG, Basel Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: J. Spier, "Roman Jewelry" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 154, fig. 1 This type of gold ornament still retains the secrets of its use. Sometimes presented as supports for glass containers, they are also described as hair ornaments, or even large earrings because they were systematically found in pairs. For a very similar example, see the Metropolitan Museum, New York (inv. no. 2002.569.1, .2). A large pair of Greek gold roundels, Magna Graecia, 5th-4th century B.C.