Gem

Ring

29-128-2323

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2323
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Maenad?
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Half-figure bust of a female to left, drapery around her left shouler, vine leaves in hair. A Maenad is probably intended. 17th century?

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2323 - Sommerville Gem Number

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