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Ring with oval gem with armed Aphrodite
Ring with oval gem with armed Aphrodite

Ring with oval gem with armed Aphrodite

Gelon
early 3rd century B.C.
FindspotEretria, Euboia, Greece
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueGold and garnet
DimensionsLength x width: 2.9 x 2.4 cm (1 1/8 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number21.1213
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1898: Anastasios Rhousopoulos Collection (according to Ephemeris Archaiologike [1899], p. 228, note 1, where it is said to have come from a chamber tomb containing terracotta figurines of Erotes, a large terracotta figure, terracotta shields, and gold jewelry at Eretria); by 1900-1904: Arthur J. Evans Collection (according to Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art [1904], p. 174); by 1914: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Erotes tomb; loaned to MFA, 1914, as 472.14); April 7, 1921: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 30,000.00 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 21.1193-21.1221)