Gem
Ring
29-128-2020
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2020 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Bearded Man |
Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bearded head of a man facing to left. The features copy those of a gem portrait of the Greek IVth. Century or Hellenistic periods. Neo-Classic |
Height | 0.8 cm |
Width | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2020 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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