Gem

Ring

29-128-2486

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2486
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Green Jasper | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Woman
Description

Vermeule: Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Draped bust of a woman to right; the idealized features and the hairdress suggest that the design is copied from that of a Greek Hellenistic gem. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2486 - Sommerville Gem Number

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