Gem

Ring

29-128-1041

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1041
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 16th Century
Date Made 1400-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Metal
Technique Intaglio | Cameo
Iconography Athena
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Alexander. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN.

Vermeule: Cameo. Onyx. [modern base metal ring setting] Draped bust of Athena to right, wearing laureate Corinthian helmet. 15th or 16 century, copying Greek Coin.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1041 - Sommerville Gem Number

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