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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Antiquities| > |Antiquities by Type| > |Jewelry| > AS72537
Hellenistic Greek, Bronze Relief Ring Fragment, Anatolia, 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.
|Jewelry|, |Hellenistic| |Greek,| |Bronze| |Relief| |Ring| |Fragment,| |Anatolia,| |3rd| |-| |2nd| |Century| |B.C.|,
This bronze ring fragment is nearly identical to the referenced the ring fragment currently in The J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, California, listed in Spier Rings, as shown to the right. It is clearly the same woman depicted and they are very likely from the same engraver and workshop. The Getty Museum piece is similarly missing almost the entire hoop. In fact, all known examples of this ring type are broken in this same manner. Perhaps wearing the ring indicated the wearer had the authority of the queen and these rings were officially recalled and made unwearable when this authority expired.ring fragment
AS72537. Spier Rings 90 (nearly identical fragment!, bezel 21.1 x 17.3 x 4.5 mm), fragment, entire bezel present, only traces of the hoop remain, rough green patina, some corrosion, bezel 22.5 x 18.3 x 4.7 mm, high relief portrait of a woman facing left (perhaps a Ptolemaic queen), draped and wearing her hair in melon coiffure; SOLD




  






REFERENCES

Kurtz, S. The World Guide to Antiquities. (New York, 1975).
Malloy, A. Artifacts of Ancient Civilizations, 2000 Objects Under $300. (New York, 1997).
Karageorghis, V. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, 2000).

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