Glass finger ring

Unknown

3rd–2nd century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Uncertain color, possibly colorless. Ring with large oval bezel and hoop carved out of a single piece of glass; bezel with flat upper surface and sharp edge; hoop D-shaped in cross section with large, irregular oval finger hole. Broken and repaired on one side of bezel and across back of hoop, with chips in outer edge of bezel; pitting of surface bubbles and brilliant iridescent weathering covering all of ring. The large flat bezel once may have been decorated with a painted design.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–2nd century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917