Gem

29-128-1120

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1120
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italo-Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location South Italy (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Prometheus | Warrior | Trophy?
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color ruby. Prometheus. Antique Pastes, Case SSS.

Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating banded agate. (Unmounted) Warrior standing to left contructing a trophy of arms and armor. Traces of cable border at bottom. Influenced by South Italian Greek work. Italo-Etruscan.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1120 - Sommerville Gem Number

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