Gem

Ring

29-128-1098

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1098
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Male Head
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. A curious rude head. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of a man with features of the Decebalus type facing slightly to left. 19th century, copied from one of the busts of Dacians in the various Roman collections.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1098 - Sommerville Gem Number

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