Ring Engraved with a Griffin and a Lion

6th century BCE (Archaic) Max. Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm) Citation Source image

This ring has a hollow hoop and an oblong bezel engraved with a griffin in profile, on the left, and a lion in profile, on the right, facing each other. The animals are separated and surrounded by a segmented line. Rings like this one are ultimately of Egyptian origin but were...

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Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as part of the so-called ""Jugoslavian Treasure""]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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