Gem
Ring
29-128-2512
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2512 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Silver |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Young Man |
Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Diademed draped bust of a young man facing to left. His features are those of a late Hellenistic Prince perhaps an African ruler of the Ist A.D. Neo-Classic. |
Height | 1.6 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2512 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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