Gem

Ring Fragment

29-128-2199

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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