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

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

The ring has a flattened hoop. Carved in relief on the nearly circular bezel is a woman's head in profile to the left. The hair is held at the crown by a single fillet and at the back by a double fillet. A thin garment is indicated at the back of the neck.The heads on this rin...

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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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