Ancient Jewelry

A museum quality ancient Roman gold ring, circa 1st century AD. This hollow gold ring (approximately 21K) is bezel-set with a garnet intaglio of Hippocamp – […]

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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History Overview Ancient Romans are renown for the complex jewelry designs and use of a wide range of materials, especially colorful gems and glass beads. This craft was extensively favoured by the influence and know-how of the different cultures they embraced and variety of natural resources available in all the Mediterranean territories under control. Additionally, an extensive trade network of imports provided access to exotic materials, semiprecious and precious stones that could travel…

While the pieces on display are beautiful, The Met's Jewelry: The Body Transformed exhibition is lacking in curatorial vision, dividing the objects into blandly-broad thematic sections.

Unicorn Renaissance Ring, c.1550.

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The sky blue hololith is made from a single piece of sapphire and is believed to have belonged to Caligula. The ring is part of an exhibition of more than 100 engraved gems at Wartski jewellers, London.

~Bracelet with a Mythological Scene in Relief. Date: Second quarter of the 5th century BC Place of finding: Crimea, the environs of Kerch Archaeological site: Kul Oba Barrow (excavations by P.A....