Gem

Ring

29-128-981

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-981
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Late Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period | Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Medusa. Cinque-cento. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case JJJ.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bust of Medusa facing slightly left. Cursory late Roman work. Sommerville dates to 15h cent. A.D. Roman Imperial.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 981 - Sommerville Gem Number

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