Ring with Portrait of a Courtier
This ring has a swivel bezel with an intaglio that depicts a head in profile to the left, sometimes identified as Asander I, King of Bosphorus. The signature "of Apollonios" is inscribed in Greek below the head.
Images (3)
Artifact
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id
11475
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Morrison Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Morrison Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1898, lot 261 [said to be from Kerch]; E. Guilhou, France, by 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Guilhou no. 202]; Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 65]; Jacob Hirsch, Munich, 1941 [executor of Evans' will]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
3
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1698_Fnt_TR_T88.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1698_Fnt_TR_T88.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1698_Fnt_TR_T88.jpg |
| imageCount | 3 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1698 |
Terms
Medium
garnet; ring: gold