Gem

Ring

29-128-2194

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2194
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Green Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Vermeule: Green Jasper. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Head of Medusa facing. Type recalls the marble Medusa Rondanini in Munich.

Height 2.4 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Depth 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2194 - Sommerville Gem Number | 128 - Other Number

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