Glass finger ring

3rd–2nd century BCE

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.

Artwork Details

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Title: Glass finger ring
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Glass; cast and cut
Dimensions: H.: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.363
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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