Ring
1500-1600 (made)
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Sardonyx cameo carved in the form of two superimposed African figures, shown from the shoulder upwards wearing draped robes and with a cord tied through the hair. The cameo has been set in a modern gold ring with an oval bezel and wide gold band.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Banded agate (sardonyx) cameo set in gold mount. |
| Brief description | Banded agate cameo carved with two African heads possibly 16th century, in a late 20th century gold mount. Western Europe. |
| Physical description | Sardonyx cameo carved in the form of two superimposed African figures, shown from the shoulder upwards wearing draped robes and with a cord tied through the hair. The cameo has been set in a modern gold ring with an oval bezel and wide gold band. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Marked '22K' and EK conjoined (Mark of Edward Karalanian - the New York jeweller commissioned by Patricia Goldstein to set the cameo in a ring. ) |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein |
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| Accession number | M.33-2011 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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