Gem

Ring

29-128-2247

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2247
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Pugilist
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bust of a bald man with wrinkles and a cauliflower ear facing to left. 19th, imitating the most veristic of Roman portrait busts. Perhaps also a 19th representation of a contemporary pugilist.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2247 - Sommerville Gem Number

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