A gorgeous vintage natural genuine hexagonal emerald and solid 14K yellow gold Egyptian / Hellenistic Greek reproduction ring from The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC circa 1990s.

After Egypt came under the rule of the Hellenistic Greeks (323-27 B.C.), and later became a province of the Roman empire (after 27 B.C.), ancient Egyptian jewelry, with its characteristic forms, materials, and colors, nearly ceased to be manufactured. Jewelry was still made and worn in Egypt during the Greco-Roman period, but it was no longer distinctively Egyptian. Whereas the Egyptians had created their jewelry around amuletic shapes with symbolic meanings, Greco-Roman jewelry celebrated the rarity, value, and beauty of the materials used. Late in the Hellenistic period, emerald mines were discovered in the Red Sea hills of Egypt; in the Roman era, craftsmen especially favored the use of this stone. This Met Museum ring is based on an original ring in the Museum's collection that is set with a cylindrical emerald found in Egypt and stylistically datable to the period of Roman rule during the 1st century A.D.

Hellenistic Age (4th-1st century B.C.)

The emerald is spectacular with natural inclusions, measuring 8mm wide, in the most gorgeous shade of bright saturated emerald green. Size 6, cannot be resized. Marked and tested as solid 14K. Marked MMA (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Ring weighs 3.31 grams. In excellent condition.

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