Gem
Ring
29-128-1058
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1058 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian (uncertain) | French (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy | France (uncertain) |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Macrinus |
| Description | Sommerville: Pale Onyx. Macrinus, twenty-sixth Emperor of Rome, A.D. 217-218. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO. Vermeule: Mottled Agate-Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Laureate head of a bearded man to left. Features derive from an ancient cameo or a coin portrait such as that of one of the Hellenistic Kings of Syria. Sommerville - Macrinus. Italian or French, 17th? |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1058 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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