2005.76: Finger Ring
Jewelry
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.76
- Title
- Finger Ring
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Work Type
- ring
- Date
- 100 BCE - 200 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
- Period
- Roman period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/48947
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Carnelian set in gold
- Technique
- Intaglio
- Dimensions
- 2 x 1.9 x 0.95 cm (13/16 x 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- From the collection of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.76
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Oval stone engraved with heron and rooster facing each other (on groundline); mounted in solid gold ring with deformed hoop.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025
Verification Level
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