Gem

Ring

29-128-2352

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2352
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Alexandrian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Alexandria (uncertain)
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Vermeule: Mottled Agate. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Head of Medusa facing 3/4 to right. The features of the Alexandrine "Pathetic" style. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2352 - Sommerville Gem Number

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