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Finger ring with snakes intertwined around an emerald
Greek
Hellenistic Period
2nd century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Egypt (probably)
Medium/Technique
Gold, emerald
Dimensions
Length: 3.5cm (1 3/8in.)
Weight: 19.66 gm (0.04 lb.)
Weight: 19.66 gm (0.04 lb.)
Credit Line
Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number63.1247
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionTwo serpents, intertwined, support a plano-convex emerald in a coarsley granulated capsular setting.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Ernst Kofler, Gesegnetmattstrasse 14, Lucerne, Switzerland (according to the MFA acquisition paperwork: said to be from Damanhûr, in the Nile Delta); September 18, 1963: purchased by MFA from Ernst Kofler