Glass finger ring

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

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.

Glass finger ring, Glass, Roman

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