Gold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes

Period:
Late Classical
Date:
late 4th century B.C.
Culture:
Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
Overall: 13/16 x 7/16in. (2 x 1.1cm)
Classification:
Gold and Silver
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Bothmer Purchase Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994
Accession Number:
1994.230.3
  • References

    Furtwängler, A. 1900. Die Antiken Gemmen. Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im Klassischen Altertum. Leipzig, Berlin, Giesecke & Devrient, pl. 61:35.

    de Ricci, S. 1912. Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Rings Formed by the Late E. Guilhou. Paris: [s.n.], no. 210.

    Sotheby's, London, Sale Catalogue, November 9-12, 1937, lot 128.

    Boardman, J. 1970. Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze Age to Late Classical. London: Thames & Hudson, p. 229, fig. 241, and p. 422, no. 733.

    Horster, G. 1970. Statuen auf Gemmen. Bonn: Habelt, pp. 30-31, pl. 7:2.

    Boardman, J. and D. Scarisbrick. 1977. The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings. London: Thames and Hudson, p. 16, no. 10.

    Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae. 1990. Zürich : Artemis Verlag, p. 369, no. 960a.

    Picón, Carlos A. 1995. "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1994-1995." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 53(2): p. 11.

    Picón, Carlos A. 2009. “Glass and Gold of the Hellenistic and Early Roman World.” In Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1977-2008, eds. James R. Houghton et al. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 20-21, fig. 28.

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