Seal Ring

29-221-43.2

From: India | Delhi | Agra

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-221-43.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hindu
Provenience India | Delhi | Agra
Section Asian
Materials Silver
Description

Silver (lead?) ring with oval seal decoration. Band decorated with nude women holding tree branches on either side of the oval. The oval is decorated with a figure 8-like design. Believed to be a seal ring used in matrimony.

Height 2.2 cm
Length 2.1 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 43 - Sommerville Number | Ring Box 20 - Sommerville Number

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