Gem
Ring
29-128-1089
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1089 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | 16th Century | 17th Century |
| Date Made | 1500-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Agate | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Commodus |
| Description | Sommerville: Agate-Onyx, Cameo. Commodus 18th Emperor of Rome. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ. Vermeule: Cameo. Agate-onyx. [modern gold ring setting] Draped bust of a Roman emperor, the features suggesting Commus (189-192 AD) facing to left. 16th-17th century. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1089 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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