Gold and carnelian scaraboid ring
Unknown
ca. 450 BCE · Gold, carnelian · Greek and Roman Art
Scaraboid in gold band setting, mounted in gold ring. Herakles, nude with lion skin over his arm and with club, carved in Late Archaic style.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 450 BCE
- Medium
- Gold, carnelian
- Culture
- Greek, Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
