Gem
Ring
29-128-2500
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2500 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Gryllos |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intalgio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Gryllos subject: Heads facing left and right, a lion skin at top, boar's head and feet at bottom, the head on the right has features resembling those of Alexander the Great. 19th, Inspired by Graeco-Roman Grylli. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2500 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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