Gem

Ring

29-128-2290

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2290
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Man | Woman | Altar
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Two female and a male figure worshipping a term set on a garlanded circular altar. Neo-Classic, copying the design of a Graeco-Roman gem.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2290 - Sommerville Gem Number

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