Gem
Ring
29-128-1074
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1074 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Chalcedony |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Harpocrates |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Harpocrates, also called Horus Harpocrates. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case PPP. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped half-figured bust of Harpocrates to left, the uraeus on his head. A composition without [illegible] antique prototype, although the gesture of the hand to the mouth is quite evident. 17th century? |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1074 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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