Gem
Ring
29-128-1955
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1955 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Nike | Biga | Horses |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Nike drawing a biga of horses to right. The design is based on those of Greek later Hellenistic coins and corresponding ancient gems. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1955 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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