Gem

Ring

29-128-967

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-967
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Warrior | Cart | Camels | Victory
Description

Sommerville: Agate. A warrior in a biga, drawn by two camels. Victory about to crown him. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case III.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Warrior in a cart drawn to left by camels. Victory flies overhead to warn him.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 967 - Sommerville Gem Number

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