Gem

Ring

29-128-2234

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2234
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Woman
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Diademed bust of a young man, Jugate, facing to left.16th or 17th century, imitating a stone of the Julio-Claudian period.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2234 - Sommerville Gem Number

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