Gem
Ring
29-128-2506
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2506 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles | Lion Skin |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnlian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bust of Herakles facing to right, part of lions skin visible around his shoulders. The design is copied from small coins such as the bronzes of the Emperor Domitian. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2506 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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