Gem
Ring
29-128-2425
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2425 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Psyche | Butterfly |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bust of Psyche facing to right, butterfly wings sprout from her hair which is bound in a Greek Vth century B.C. type head cloth. She is also wearing a sleeveless chiton about her shoulders. 19th, based generally on the ancient Sappho type portrait. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2425 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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