Gem
Ring
29-128-1868
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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