Rutilated quartz gem in post-antique gold ring: Helios

PP-ID:

PP-6174

Classification:

gem, non-specified; ring

Collection ID:

US-Baltimore-WAM_42.1157

Collection:

Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Collection Inventory:

42.1157

Former Collections:

Henry Walters (1848–1931); Arundell Collection

Material:

quartz, rutilated

Dimensions:

20 × 20 × 15 mm

Iconography:

Helios; mantle; chlamys; rays (7); whip; patera

Rutilated quartz gem set in a 17th-century gold and enamelled mount. Convex reverse faceted in modern times.

Side A: Helios with radiate crown and a mantle fastened around the neck, holding a patera in his left hand and a whip in his right.
Side B: Plain.

Selected bibliography
• Boardman >>, 83, no. 128.
• Thoresen 2011 >>, 6. pl. 5.
• Spier 2025 >>, 111, 123, fig. 2.

Further resources on PP-6174
• The Walters Art Museum Online Collection

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2026.01.09 19:53:13

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