Gem
Ring
29-128-2349
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2349 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Gryllos | Pan | Maenad | Silenus |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) The stone itself is in an old setting and has been remounted. A Gryllos head consisting of a Pan to right, a Maenad opposite and upside down, a head of Silenus at the base of the neck and a Ram's head at the top. 18th century imitating an ancient model. |
| Height | 0.7 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2348 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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