Gem
Ring
29-128-1064
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1064 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Dying Gladiator | Death of Ajax |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. A Wounded Gladiator. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) An elderly warrior, dying or resting. His shield behind his head, his cuirass at his feet. A mythological scene? (Death of Ajax) cf. 1815 for similar composition. 19th century. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1064 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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