Gem

Ring

29-128-1908

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1908
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Red Jasper | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Eros | Club | Lion Skin
Description

Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Eros walking to right, carrying the club of Herakles and wearing his lionskin over the shoulders. Graeco-Roman in a very good style.

Height 0.9 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1908 - Sommerville Gem Number

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