Gem

29-128-1977

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1977
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Apollo Belvedere | Kythera
Description

Vermeule: Onyx ringstone. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Laureate, draped bust of Apollo facing to right. His cythera appears behind his left shoulder. The features are in the IVth. century tradition of the Apollo Belvedere.

Height 1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1977 - Sommerville Gem Number

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