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Source Description
This massive gold ring has a convex bezel set with a garnet intaglio representing a young man crowned with an ivy wreath. This image could either be an image of the wine-god Dionysus or a portrait of King Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-204 BC) in the guise of this deity.
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Document identity
localId
37243
label
Ring with Dionysus
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
37243
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Ring with Dionysus
description
This massive gold ring has a convex bezel set with a garnet intaglio representing a young man crowned with an ivy wreath. This image could either be an image of the wine-god Dionysus or a portrait of King Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-204 BC) in the guise of this deity.
provenance
Morrison Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Morrison Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1898, lot 255; E. Guilhou, France, by 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Guilhou no. 268]; Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 76]; Jacob Hirsch, Munich, 1941 [executor of Evans' will]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
date
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
finger rings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.8
height
2.5
dimensionsRaw
1 1/8 x 1 in. (2.8 x 2.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
med
garnet; ring: gold
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
2054
2227
2513
2704
2237
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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0cff09c09af73e31
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no
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no
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2
type
photo
mediaId
59362d7f42c3c84c
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no