Gem

Ring

29-128-2015

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2015
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Hyllos
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Green Jasper
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Galba? | Signature
Description

Vermeule: Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust of a man of stern features facing to right. He resembles the coin portraits of the Emperor Galba (A.D. 68-69), the stone is signed. A scorpion appears on the reverse. Neo-Classic.

Height 0.7 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2015 - Sommerville Gem Number

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