The strap hoop is formed of hammered sheet, each end perforated, with a plain wire threaded through the gem and corresponding hoop perforations. A wire loop is loosely wrapped around the hoop. The gem is engraved with the foreparts of two winged horses joined in a clockwise whirl, with a single tendril in the field. For the subject, see nos. 276-287 and pl. X in J. Boardman, Island Gems, A Study of Greek Seals in the Geometric and Early Archaic Period.
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Intact, some incrustation and wear on the gem; the gold with some dents and golds; a French “owl” hallmark indicates that the ring was once on the French market.
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