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Ring with oval gem with armed Aphrodite

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
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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)