Ring or Belt Attachment

Greek

Medium/Technique Bronze

Dimensions 1.3 x 3.8 cm (1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Charles Greely Loring

Accession Number83.421

NOT ON VIEW

Catalogue Raisonné Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 659.

DescriptionThe shape is a flat curve, concave on one side and slightly convex on the other. The ends widen into two broad discs. Worn and rusted.

ProvenanceBy 1883: C. G. Loring Collection (said to come from a tomb at Cos); gift of C. G. Loring to MFA, December 18, 1883