Finger Ring with a Medallion with a Woman's Head in Profile

3rd century BCE (Hellenistic) H: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm) Citation Source image

Most of the hoop is missing on this ring. Carved in relief on the nearly circular bezel is a woman's head in profile to the left. The hair is held both at the crown and at the back by double fillets. The hair at the back is more tightly contained than in a similar ring, Walter...

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22206
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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