Archives quotidiennes : 22 juin 2011

Greek, Hellenistic, 2nd–1st century b.c. Gold with garnet, h. 1 3⁄8 in. (3.5 cm) Provenance: [John Hewitt, London], until 1983; [Ward and Company, New York], 1983–2003; Deanna Anderson, New York, 2004–5. Purchase, Patricia and Marietta Fried Gift, 2005 (2005.278) This large and flamboyant ring belongs to an unusual group of finger rings distinguished by the fact that they are  inged. Despite their wide distribution across the Mediterranean world and the … Continuer la lecture →