Ring with Hippocampus

100–200 CE Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.101

This delicate gold ring is decorated with a tiny hippocampus, a creature from Greco-Roman mythology with the forequarters of a horse and the tail of a fish. Stylized waves bracket the hippocampus, crashing up against its tail and front hooves. The thin band of the ring is deco...

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1916.101
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gold
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gold
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Jewelry

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