Gem

Ring

29-128-2329

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2329
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Cerberus
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Herakles and Cerberus? The scene is carried out in a very lively 16th century style.

Height 0.7 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2329 - Sommerville Gem Number

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