MAKE A MEME View Large Image Byzantine - Ring with an Intaglio of Pan - Walters 571580 - Left.jpg The hoop of this large signet ring is decorated with scrollwork The sides of the octagonal bezel which is framed by two lions at the shoulders are inscribed in Greek with ...
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Keywords: Byzantine - Ring with an Intaglio of Pan - Walters 571580 - Left.jpg The hoop of this large signet ring is decorated with scrollwork The sides of the octagonal bezel which is framed by two lions at the shoulders are inscribed in Greek with a quotation from Psalm 26 Lord my Light and my Savior whom shall I fear In contrast to this Christian motto the intaglio depicts the pagan god Pan who is represented as an older bearded man with goat's legs and his characteristic pipes century 12 Medieval gold cameo cm 2 6 1 2 accession number 57 1580 29832 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine rings Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Inscriptions referencing Psalm 26
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