Late Roman, 4th–5th century; gold, stone; 2 cm (13/16 in.). BZ.1957.52
This gold ring reflects the taste of the late Roman and early Byzantine elite. Featuring openwork ornament, such extravagant rings were available only to a privileged few.
Provenance
- Possibly found in Constantinople. George Zacos (1911–1983), Istanbul; purchased from Zacos by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, DC, 1957.
Selected Bibliography
- M. C. Ross, Jewelry, Enamels, and Art of the Migration Period, vol. 2 of Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (Washington, DC, 1965; 2nd ed. with addendum by S. A. Boyd and S. R. Zwirn, 2005), 48, no. 48, plate 39.