Gem
Ring
29-128-1868
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1868 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Alexander the Great? |
| Description | Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Diademed bust of a Hellenistic ruler, Alexander the Great or one of his successors, facing to left. Neo-Classic, in imitation of a Hellenistic gem or coin portrait. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1868 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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