Gold ring set with an emerald

Greek

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158

The toothed setting holds a fine-colored but flawed cabochon emerald. A similar ring was found in a tomb of the late fourth century B.C. at Derveni. Emeralds first appeared in jewelry at this time and probably came from mines in the eastern Egyptian desert, though it is possible that some came from the Ural Mountains.

Gold ring set with an emerald, Gold, emerald, Greek

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Gold ring set with an emerald, Gold, emerald, Greek
Gold ring set with an emerald, Gold, emerald, Greek
Gold ring set with an emerald, Gold, emerald, Greek
Gold ring set with an emerald, Gold, emerald, Greek

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