Ring with bezel in the form of a bust of Serapis
Unknown
100 B.C.–A.D. 100 · Gold · Egyptian Art
A bust of Serapis was hammered and chased, rather than cast, out of gold and then soldered at an angle to the flat bezel of this ring. Rings of this form are most characteristic of Egypt, and Serapis is the god most frequently represented.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 100 B.C.–A.D. 100
- Medium
- Gold
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- GIft of Eleanor Morgan Satterlee, 1949
