Gem
Ring
29-128-1837
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1837 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Emerald |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Satyr | Priapus |
Description | Vermeule: Plasma of Emerald. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) A satyress at a terminal figure of Priapus. Neo-Classic, the design copying the left front end of a well-known Dionysiac sarcophagus in the Farnese collection of the National Museum, Naples. |
Height | 1.6 cm |
Width | 2.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1837 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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