Gem
Ring
29-128-1053
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1053 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1799 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Lena |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Lena, bacchante. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Vine-wreathed draped bust of a Maenad facing to left. 18th, in good imitation of Hellenistic models. |
Height | 1.7 cm |
Width | 2.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1053 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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