Gem

Ring

29-128-1016

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1016
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Marcus Aurelius
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Marcus Aurelius in Youth, sixteenth Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case LLL.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bust of a young man of Roman type to right, identified by Sommerville as Marcus Aurelius in his youth by copied from a prototype of some of the gems in the collection. 18th century.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1016 - Sommerville Gem Number

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