Cameo with the Head of a Horse Set in a Ring

3rd century BC (Hellenistic) Overall: 13/16 in. (2 cm) Citation

The head of a horse appears on this intaglio in three-quarter perspective.

Artifact

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provenance	provenance 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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Source image fields (2)

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sourceUrl	https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.121

Culture

Greek

Medium

sardonyx; mount: gold

Genre

cameos ring

createdBy

Greek