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29-128-1223
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1223 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Genius of the Chase | Eros | Hare |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color ruby. Genius of the Chase. Antique Pastes, Case XXX. Vermeule: Paste, colored Ruby. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Eros walking to right, about to discharge an arrow at a long-eared hare who sits placidly at the right. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1223 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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