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Ring with Portrait of a Courtier
This ring has a swivel bezel with an intaglio that depicts a head in profile to the left, sometimes identified as Asander I, King of Bosphorus. The signature "of Apollonios" is inscribed in Greek below the head.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Morrison Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Morrison Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1898, lot 261 [said to be from Kerch]; E. Guilhou, France, by 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Guilhou no. 202]; Arthur Evans, Oxford, by 1938, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Evans inv. no. 65]; Jacob Hirsch, Munich, 1941 [executor of Evans' will]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 2016 | Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World. |
| 1988-1989 | From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1979-1980 | Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/12/1957 | Treatment | other |
| 8/15/1960 | Examination | other |
| 1/14/1979 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 1/14/1979 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 6/15/1983 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 7/6/1984 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
| 10/1/1988 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 10/3/1988 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Greece, Athens (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 1/8 x W: 15/16 x D: 15/16 in. (2.8 x 2.3 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1942
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1698