Gem
Ring
29-128-1101
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1101 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Cassander |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyn. Cassander, King of Macedonia. Without the lion's skin. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case RRR. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bust of a young man of the Augustan type identified by Sommerville as "Cassander, king of Macedonia." Without the lions skin. 18th century. |
| Height | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 2.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1101 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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