Gem
Ring
29-128-2358
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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