Glass finger ring

Greek

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Uncertain color, possibly colorless.
Ring with large oval bezel and hoop carved out of a single piece of glass; bezel with flat upper surface and sharp edge; hoop D-shaped in cross section with large, irregular oval finger hole.
Broken and repaired on one side of bezel and across back of hoop, with chips in outer edge of bezel; pitting of surface bubbles and brilliant iridescent weathering covering all of ring.

The large flat bezel once may have been decorated with a painted design.

Glass finger ring, Glass, Greek

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