Gem
Ring Fragment
29-128-2199
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2199 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1400-1599 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Roman Emperor | Augustus? |
Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate, draped cuirassed bust of a Roman Emperor either Augustus or Tiberius to right. The carving is of very high quality and the style of the stone suggests work of the late XVth or XVIth centuries. |
Height | 1.9 cm |
Width | 2.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2199 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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