Gem
Ring
29-128-2247
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2247 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Pugilist |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bust of a bald man with wrinkles and a cauliflower ear facing to left. 19th, imitating the most veristic of Roman portrait busts. Perhaps also a 19th representation of a contemporary pugilist. |
| Height | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2247 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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