Gem
Ring
29-128-1056
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1056 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Aesclepius |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Aesculapius. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust of a young man with very curly hair to right. Sommerville identifies subject as Aesculapius, but the design does not follow classical iconography. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1056 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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