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Ring with Nereid riding a hippocamp
Greek
Classical Period
425–400 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 126.5 gr. weight
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.92
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionIntaglio. Ring with oval bezel. Motif oriented vertically. Nereid, seated 'side-saddle' on a composite creature, a hippocamp, moving to the left. She wears a chiton, with many vertical lines to indicate pleats, a necklace indicated by round dots, and a himation that has fallen around her waist. She crosses her legs at the ankles. She has her hair gathered back into a bun and several striations along her head indicate locks of hair. Her head is in profile, torso in three-quarter view. The hippocamp has the head and forelegs of a horse, and snaky, scaled back end. It wears a bridle. The Nereid rests her left hand on the creature's fish tail, and her right hand around its neck. Along the edge of ring below the hippocamp's front legs there appears to be a dolphin.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: said to have been found in Greece); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)