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Object NameRing
Made FromGlass
Date299-1 BCE
Place Madepossibly Roman Empire
Techniquecast, ground, polished
SizeRing Face H: 3.8 cm, W: 3.1 cm; Inlay H: 2.6 cm, W: 2 cm
Accession Number95.1.33
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent light bluish green (ring); black with opaque white overlay (inlay) glass; cast, ground, polished (ring); cast in two layers, cut and polished (inlay). Ring with oval finger hole; bezel has slightly concave oval area surrounded by broad beveled frame; band has D-shaped cross section. Bezel contains oval inlay with cameo decoration of biga racing to right, driven by female wearing chiton and himation, which billows out behind her head.
Provenance
Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979