Gem
Ring
29-128-2451
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2451 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Agate | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Youth |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony, with band of agate. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Bust of a youth facing to right with drapery on left shoulder. The style of the features is that of the earlier Greek Vth century, about the time of the Delphi Charioteer on the chats with Apollo. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2451 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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