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Ring and oval bezel with two bulls flanking a tree

about 1600–1300 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueRock crystal
DimensionsLength (of bezel): 27 mm (1 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.658
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy dates unknown: from Mycenae and Evans collection; purchased in Paris by Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 4); April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 55.26); November 17, 1927: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)
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