Gem

Ring

29-128-960

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-960
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Agate (uncertain) | Sard (uncertain) | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Faustina | Maenad
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case III.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Bust of a maenad to left. 18th century.

Exhibit: Bust of woman facing to left. Sommerville identifies as Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius; Vermeule calls her a maenad.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 960 - Sommerville Gem Number

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