Gem

Ring

29-128-987

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-987
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Russian (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Russia (uncertain)
Period Post Classical
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Bearded Man
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. A rude round bearded head. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case JJJ.

Vermeule: Onyx-Agate. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Head of a man with crude, almost Mongolian features and a rough beard, facing. 19th century, probably Russian.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 987 - Sommerville Gem Number

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