Gem
Ring
29-128-1832
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1832 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Creator | Dioscurides |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sard | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Satrap | Tissaphrares | Signature |
Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bust of a Persian satrap facing to right. The features are copied from the well-known late Vth century B.C. Tetradrachms of Tissaphrares. The stone is signed Dioskurides in Greek letters. Neo-Classic. |
Height | 1.6 cm |
Width | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1832 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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