Ring Engraved with a Crayfish

1st century BCE-1st century CE Diam: 9/16 in. (1.43 cm) Citation Source image

The gold hoop is angled on the outer face, and flat on the inner face. The convex, oval bezel is one piece with the ring. Represented in intaglio is a crayfish or some other crustacean.

Artifact

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5132]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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gold
Genre
rings

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