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Date2nd–1st Century BC
MediumHyacinth mounted in gold
ClassificationGems
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #917), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928, lot 148; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN1435.65
On View
On view
Location
  • Museum of Art, Gallery 03, Case Right, Case Right Row 5
Dimensions3/4 x 9/16 x 1/4 in. (1.9 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm)
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Apollo
Ancient
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Claudius and Agrippina
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Bacchus
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Young Man
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