Gem
Ring
29-128-2355
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2355 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Italy |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1750 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Heracles | Eros | Terminus |
Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring mount (reset) Herakles bound up by Eros, a terminal figure enveloped in his lionskin appears at left, a wreath? in field above. Italian, earlier 18th century. |
Height | 1.3 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2355 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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