Gem

Ring

29-128-2002

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2002
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Rustic Scene | Pig | Sacrifice | Men
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Rustic sacrifice of the pig, scene set in a floral border. Central figure is nude but the man at the right wears Roman Imperial costume. XVI or later.

Height 2.1 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2002 - Sommerville Gem Number

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