Ring

Art Historical Context

This delicate bronze ring, measuring just 2.39 cm in diameter, hails from the ancient Greek or Roman world, as evidenced by its placement in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Greek and Roman Art department. Crafted in bronze—a favored medium for its durability and malleability—the ring exemplifies the everyday jewelry that adorned fingers across the Mediterranean from antiquity. Though the artist and exact date remain unknown, such small bronzes were often produced through lost-wax casting, a sophisticated technique that allowed for intricate details even on miniature scales. In ancient Greek and...