Gem
Ring
Object Number: | 29-128-980 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Italian |
Provenience: | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location: | Italy |
Period: | Post Classical |
Date Made: | 1600-1699 |
Early Date: | 1600 |
Late Date: | 1699 |
Section: | Mediterranean |
Materials: | Gold Sardonyx |
Technique: | Cameo |
Iconography: | Maenad |
Height: | 2 cm |
Width: | 2.7 cm |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number: | 980 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Sommerville: Sardonyx. A Bacchante. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case JJJ.
Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Flower-wreathed, draped bust of a "Maenad" facing to right. Italian, 17th century.
Bibliography:
[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 733, no. 980 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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