Gem
Ring
29-128-2209
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2209 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Silver |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Mithras | Bull |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern Silvered Ring Setting) Mithras slaying bull. Artist has misinterpreted the animal giving it an equine appearance. 16th century work. |
| Height | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Depth | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2209 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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