Lapis lazuli engraved ringstone with an astronomer

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Engraved gems/ringstone/intaglio. An astronomer wearing a himation, left arm and shoulder bare, sitting on the ground beneath a tree, in profile to the left. He is measuring a globe with compasses held in his right hand; the sun, the moon and five stars above him, formerly picked out with pyretic inclusions. Mount: gold ring, type 1a. Intaglio cutting. Lapis lazuli, 12.5 mm, 10.5 mm, circa 1500-1600.

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Accession Number: CG 656
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Kate Young
Image height: 854 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 119.94kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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16th Century astronomer astronomical astronomy bearded beards blue compass engraved gem finger ring Fitz_AA gem gemstones globe gold himation intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry lapis lapis lazuli male moon Renaissance ring ringstone stars sun and moon

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