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Ring with Eros playing a lyre
Greek
Classical or Hellenistic Period
4th–mid 3rd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 0.02 D.
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.8182
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionA plain band, rather flat; in the front, it swells into a large convex surface on which is engraved an Eros, seated, playing the lyre.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens.); December 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren