Glass finger ring
Translucent cobalt blue.
Solid hoop, flat on both sides, with projecting shoulders, and flat rectangular bezel; circular shape to inside of hoop.
On bezel, engraved long object, perhaps a leaf, tapering to one end; on shoulders, comic masks carved in relief, with hair on edges on bezel, sunken eyes, broad nose, large round mouth and long beard extending around outside of hoop.
Intact, but with a few tiny chips on inside edge of hoop; a few bubbles; dulling, surface scratches, and faint weathering.
Solid hoop, flat on both sides, with projecting shoulders, and flat rectangular bezel; circular shape to inside of hoop.
On bezel, engraved long object, perhaps a leaf, tapering to one end; on shoulders, comic masks carved in relief, with hair on edges on bezel, sunken eyes, broad nose, large round mouth and long beard extending around outside of hoop.
Intact, but with a few tiny chips on inside edge of hoop; a few bubbles; dulling, surface scratches, and faint weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass finger ring
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: ca. 3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast and cut
- Dimensions: 1 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in. (2.5 × 3.1 × 0.6 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1519
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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