Gem
Ring
29-128-2476
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2476 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Maenad | Inscription |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) A Maenad running to right, a garlanded altar in front of her. An inscription in Latin letters at right is carried out in imitation of some meaningless Gnostic type design. The stone is damaged at the upper right, evidently during the course of cutting. Neo-Classic, skillfully imitating the antique. |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2476 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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