Gem

Ring

29-128-2150

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2150
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Draped bust of a woman to right, features copied from an imperial coin portrait of one of the wives of Elagabalus. 15th century or later.

Height 2.2 cm
Width 3.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2150 - Sommerville Gem Number

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