Gem

Ring

29-128-2394

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2394
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Leda? | Danae? | Jove
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern silvered ring setting) Leda or Danae reclining to left, in expectation of her Jovian lover. 18th or 19th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2394 - Sommerville Gem Number

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