Gem

Ring

29-128-1047

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1047
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Emerald | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Dog
Description

Sommerville: Emerald. A Sleeping Dog. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN.

Vermeule: Emerald? Dull. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) A dog curled up to right, asleep. Graeco-Roman, based on Hellenistic designs.

Height 0.9 cm
Width 0.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1047 - Sommerville Gem Number

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