Gem
Ring
29-128-1083
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1083 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Cleopatra VII | Asp |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Cleopatra. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case PPP. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Half figure bust of Cleopatra to right. She is being bitten by the Asp. Her costume as well as the style of the gem is modern European, probably of the XVIIth century. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1083 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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