Intaglio with the Head of Zeus Set in a Ring

late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Hellenistic) Overall: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Citation

This intaglio shows the head of the god Zeus frontally. The top right of the intaglio is broken, but the bezel of the ring has been engraved to continue the image.

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A. Morrison collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1904, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 89; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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