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Reproduction of a Gold Mycenaean Signet Ring

Reproduction of a Gold Mycenaean Signet Ring

1850 - 1924; 1885 - 1939

Emile Gilliéron or son

Mycenaean

Reproduction of a gold ring showing a hunt scene in intaglio. A hunter and charioteer are shown in a chariot pulled by a running horse. On the original, two horses are shown. The hunter holds a bow and aims at a leaping stag. the original was found in Grave Circle A at Mycenae.

Electrotype of gold; intaglio

Helladic period, Late

Jewelry