Gem
Ring
29-128-1096
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1096 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Egyptian Jasper | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Bacchante | Maenad |
| Description | Sommerville: Egyptian jasper. A Bacchante, ornamented with grapes and leaves. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ. Vermeule: Egyptian jasper. (Sardonyx). Cameo. (Gold ring mount-remounted) Draped bust of a Maenad facing left. A fillet with grape leaves and clusters appears in her hair, a panther's skin? carved on shoulder and she wears an animal skin chiton. Italian, probably 18th century work, perhaps later. |
| Height | 3.3 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1096 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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