Gem

Ring

29-128-2026

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2026
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Horse
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) A horse prancing to right, his head turned back to left. Graeco-Roman, the style imitating a Greek gem of the V or IV centuries B.C.

Height 0.8 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2026 - Sommerville Gem Number

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