Gem

Ring

29-128-1913

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1913
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italo-Etruscan (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Woman
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) A female figure running to right, her drapery billowing out behind her. She is carrying an uncertain object in front of her, evidently made more obscure by a flaw in the stone made during cutting. Italo-Etruscan.

Height 0.9 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1913 - Sommerville Gem Number

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