Gem
Ring
29-128-1873
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1873 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Zeus? | Asclepius? |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony? Intaglio. (Modern Gilt swiveled ring setting) Bearded male head facing slightly to left. The features are probably intended to represent a divinity such as Zeus or Aesculapius. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1873 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.