Gem

Ring

29-128-959

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-959
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Slave
Description

Sommerville: Sard. A slave of Aleppo. An Oriental gem. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case III.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Man of darkish features wearing a red cap, facing slightly to right. Sommerville identifies him as "a slave of Aleppo." 19th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 959 - Sommerville Gem Number

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