Hellenistic Bronze Ring

with an engraved signet of a seated female flute player

4th Century BC

U.S. ring size: 6.5

#4209

ex: private European collection, before 2005

Comparanda: Zwierlein-Diehl, E; Antike Gemmen in deutschen Sammlungen. Band 2. Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz Antikenabteilung Berlin (Munich, 1968-) p.75, no. 161 taf. 36 Richter, GMA; Engraved Gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans (London, 1968) (for ring type) p.87, nos. 272-275