Gem

Ring

29-128-2192

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-2192
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Dionysos
Description

Vermeule: Mottled Agate, in brownish colors. Cameo. (Modern silver ring setting) Vine-wreathed bust of Dionysos facing to right. The features copy the Greek IVth or later statuary types. 19th century.

Height 2.2 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2192 - Sommerville Gem Number

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