Gem

Ring

29-128-1082

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1082
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Agate | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Phoenix | Flames
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Phoenix rising from the flames. Probably a fragment of a large and important cameo. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case PPP.

Vermeule: Agate-onyx. Cameo. (Gold ring setting) Phoenix rising from flames.

Height 2.5 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1082 - Sommerville Gem Number

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