Gem

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29-128-2507

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2507
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Aphrodite
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Aphrodite crouching to left in her bath holding her drapery up over her head and in front of her. Neo-Classic, going back to later Hellenistic models in painting and sculpture.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2507 - Sommerville Gem Number

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