Gem
Ring
29-128-1016
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1016 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Marcus Aurelius |
| Description | Sommerville: Agate. Marcus Aurelius in Youth, sixteenth Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case LLL. Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bust of a young man of Roman type to right, identified by Sommerville as Marcus Aurelius in his youth by copied from a prototype of some of the gems in the collection. 18th century. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1016 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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