Gem
Ring
29-128-1053
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1053 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Lena |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Lena, bacchante. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Vine-wreathed draped bust of a Maenad facing to left. 18th, in good imitation of Hellenistic models. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1053 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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