Gem
Ring
29-128-1048
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1048 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | 17th Century |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Alabaster | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Medusa |
| Description | Sommerville: Alabaster in two strata. Cameo. Medusa. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN. Vermeule; Cameo. Alabaster in two strata. [modern gold ring setting] Facing head of Medusa in high relief. Wings in her hair and snakes knotted beneath her chin. Probably 17th century |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1048 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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