Object Number | 29-128-578 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Renaissance | Baroque Period |
Date Made | 1500-1599 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Christ | Cross |
Description | Sommerville: Sard. A ring. Christ Bearing the Cross. Six figures are visible. Byzantine, Case II. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting). Christ bearing the Cross. he has fallen to his knees. Fiver other figures surround him including a Roman legionary who leads the procession. 16th century or later. |
Height | 1.6 cm |
Width | 0.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 578 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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