Keywords: Byzantine - Ring - Walters 571604 - Group.jpg Unlike seal and marriage rings which had functional and social significance small rings of this type were purely ornamental century 7 Late Antique gold pearls and semiprecious stones cm 1 6 1 9 0 5 accession number 57 1604 11456 Henry Walters New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York 1931 by inheritance Joseph Brummer New York 1941 by purchase Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase formerly part of the Walters Collection 1941 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 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin India Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine rings |