Gem
Ring
29-128-1030
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1030 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Nero |
| Description | Sommerville: Pale Onyx. Nero, fifth Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case MMM. Vermeule: Pale Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate, bust of Nero (54-68 A.D.) to right. Portrait is probably copied from an ancient coin. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1030 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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