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Ring: PER.M.60-1923

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Categories

Description

Plain gold with large flat oval bezel with sardonyx cameo head and bust of Christ wearing classical dress brooched at the shoulder, facing in profile to the right. The layers have been utilised and polished so as to present a chiaroscuro effect to the head, giving it an air of transcendent mystery.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

S.G. Perceval Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.5 mm
Width: 12.5 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

Renaissance
Circa 1500 - 1800

Note

This type of head connects with a series of medals, plaquettes and paintings current in Italy in the sixteenth century and later, based on an emerald portrait now missing which was supposed to have been presented by the Sultan Bajazet to the Pope.

Components of the work

Ringstone composed of sardonyx ( tawny brown over white on pink)
Ring composed of gold

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.60-1923
Primary reference Number: 176591
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 31 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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