U45

Greek bronze ring decorated with a lion

£65

A bronze ring with an oval bezel on which is incised a figure of a seated lion with its head turned to face to the rear. The lion's tongue is extended and the whole composition emulates decorative devices imported from the Near East which epitomise the Greek "Orientalising" style of design.

Greek, late 5th or early 4th Century BC

Intact, the decoration is somewhat clearer than the photographs imply.

Size: 2.1 cms diameter, 1.1 width of bezel.