Gem
Ring
29-128-2150
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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