Gem

Ring

29-128-2358

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2358
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1400-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Pan | Pedum | Serpent
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Setting similar to 2327, 2362. Pan running to left carrying a pedum in his right hand. He appears to be stepping on a serpent. The stone appears to have been carved by the same hand as 2327. 15th or 16th century.

Height 0.6 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2358 - Sommerville Gem Number

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