Gold ring set with an emerald

Unknown

ca. 330–300 BCE · Gold, emerald · Greek and Roman Art

The toothed setting holds a fine-colored but flawed cabochon emerald. A similar ring was found in a tomb of the late fourth century B.C. at Derveni. Emeralds first appeared in jewelry at this time and probably came from mines in the eastern Egyptian desert, though it is possible that some came from the Ural Mountains.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 330–300 BCE

Medium

Gold, emerald

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937