Gem
Ring
29-128-1005
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1005 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Tiberius | Nero |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Tiberius, second Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case KKK. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Laureate head of an imperial person to right. Sommerville identifies him as Tiberius, but the features are copied from coin portraits of Emperor Nero. Neo-Classic. In very good imitation of ancient cameos. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1005 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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