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Source Description
This intaglio shows Nike holding a lyre. The gold hoop of the ring is rounded on the outer face and flat on the inside. The shoulder is sloping and flared at the top with the edges of the bezel turned in to secure the stone, a convex garnet.
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Document identity
localId
38264
label
Intaglio with Nike Holding a Lyre Set in a Ring
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Source metadata
id
38264
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Intaglio with Nike Holding a Lyre Set in a Ring
description
This intaglio shows Nike holding a lyre. The gold hoop of the ring is rounded on the outer face and flat on the inside. The shoulder is sloping and flared at the top with the edges of the bezel turned in to secure the stone, a convex garnet.
provenance
Alfred Morrison, London, by 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Collection of Morrison Sale, London, Christie, Manson & Woods, June 29, 1898, lot 258; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 17; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BC (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
intaglios
rings
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.6
height
1.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 5/8 x Diam: 11/16 in. (1.59 x 1.75 cm)
Source extras
med
garnet; mount: gold
creator_ids
6256
6191
collection_ids
GRC
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
10
2513
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1
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0
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photo
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