Gem
Ring
29-128-1017
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1017 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Chalcedony (uncertain) |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Bearded Man | Mask |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. A bearded mask. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case LLL. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) A bearded, mostly bald head of an elder man of Russian features, facing. A jewel-like ornament appears on the hair above his forehead. 19th century. |
| Height | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1017 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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