Gem

Ring

29-128-1868

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1868
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Alexander the Great?
Description

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Diademed bust of a Hellenistic ruler, Alexander the Great or one of his successors, facing to left. Neo-Classic, in imitation of a Hellenistic gem or coin portrait.

Height 1.9 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1868 - Sommerville Gem Number

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