Jewellery in June
Past exhibition
Greek
A Greek gold ring, Classical Period, circa 450 - 400 BC
Gold
Width of bezel: 1.8 cm; diameter: 2.2 cm; ring size: P
Weight: 14 g
Weight: 14 g
Further images
The bezel of oval shape engraved with a seated woman holding a wreath in her right hand, a dove perched on her left arm, Eros flying before her.
The bezel of oval shape engraved with a seated woman holding a wreath in her right hand, a dove perched on her left arm, Eros flying before her.
Provenance
Jan Mitchell (1913-2009), New York, probably acquired in the 1960s or earlier, thence by descent
Mitchell was a restaurateur and art collector who was a founding member of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and built an important collection of pre-Columbian gold that he gave to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.