Gem
Ring
29-128-2431
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2431 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Heracles | Club | Lion Skin |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Elaborate gilt ring setting) Bust of the youthful Herakles facing to left, the club appears over his right shoulder and he wears a very Baroque version of the lionskin. 17th century. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2431 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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