Gem
Ring
29-128-1050
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1050 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1500-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Mask |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. A Roman Mask. (cinque-cento). Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) A mask-like head of a man, facing. The workmanship which is intended to be humorous is, as Sommerville states, of the 16th century. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1050 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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