Gem

Ring

29-128-2347

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2347
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Nemean Lion
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Herakles slaying the Nemean lion. He is represented standing over the fallen animal, about to smite it with his club. Italian: 16th century.

Height 0.6 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2347 - Sommerville Gem Number

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