Gem
Ring
29-128-1855
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1855 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx | Silver |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Alexander the Great | Zeus-Ammon |
Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern silver ring setting) Head of Alexander the Great with the horn of Zeus Ammon. The design is copied directly from the coins of Lysimachus. Neo-Classic. |
Height | 1.2 cm |
Width | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1855 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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