Gem
Ring
29-128-2516
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2516 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Islamic (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Near East (uncertain) |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Date Made | 1500-1699 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Royal Person |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Ren. Port. Cameo. (Gilt Ring setting) In very low relief. Laureate bust of a man, probably a Royal personage facing to left; and in an elaborate wreathed oval. Worksmanship looks near-Eastern, perhaps Islamic but the features look European. |
| Height | 2.4 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2516 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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