Gem
Ring
29-128-1090
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1090 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Bassarid | Maenad |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. A Bassarid, bacchante. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Filleted bust of a Maenad facing to left, a large twisted vine in her hair. 19th century. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1090 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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