Gem

Ring

29-128-970

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-970
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy (uncertain)
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Marcus Aurelius
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Marcus Aurelius, sixteenth Emperor of Rome. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case III.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Gold ring setting) Bust of a bearded man to right, identified by Sommerville as "Marcus Aurelius, 16th emperor of Rome." Probably Italian 17th century.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 970 - Sommerville Gem Number

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