Gem

Finger Ring

29-128-1188

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1188
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Mask | Dionysis? | Silen?
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. A Mask. Ring. Violet iridescence. Antique Pastes, Case VVV.

Vermeule: Glass. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring mount) Mask-like head of bearded Dionysus or a Silen, facing. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.3 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1188 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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