Gem

Ring

29-128-2504

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2504
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Green Jasper | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Ares?
Description

Vermeule: Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Helmeted draped bust, probably of Ares, facing to right. Neo-Classic, copying a gem or paste made in Italy in the II or Ist B.C.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2504 - Sommerville Gem Number

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