Altar Ring

15th–19th century · Metal-Sculpture

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room343

On public display.

Checked: 5 hours ago
In this state since: Sep 28, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

On the map Museum page

Particulars

Accession number: 1980.279

What it shows

Bird

In the catalog

Lower Niger Bronze Industry

Sources

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)

Neighbors at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum page

Vincent van Gogh

Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889

Johannes Vermeer

Woman with a Water Jug, ca. 1662

Rembrandt van Rijn

Self-Portrait, 1660

Scabbard slide, 3rd–1st century BC

Fon artist

Asen (commemorative altar), late 19th century–mid-20th century

Partial Statuette of a Hippo Goddess, 664–332 BCE

Giambologna

Altar Ring

Yes, receiving visitors

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Neighbors at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889

Woman with a Water Jug, ca. 1662

Self-Portrait, 1660

Scabbard slide, 3rd–1st century BC

Asen (commemorative altar), late 19th century–mid-20th century

Partial Statuette of a Hippo Goddess, 664–332 BCE

Fortuna, 17th-18th Century (?)

Raised relief fragment, 664–610 BCE

Altar Ring

Yes, receiving visitors

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Neighbors at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889

Woman with a Water Jug, ca. 1662

Self-Portrait, 1660

Scabbard slide, 3rd–1st century BC

Asen (commemorative altar), late 19th century–mid-20th century

Partial Statuette of a Hippo Goddess, 664–332 BCE

Fortuna, 17th-18th Century (?)

Raised relief fragment, 664–610 BCE