Object Number | 29-128-862 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Faun | Tree | Dog | Tree | Bird |
Description | Sommerville: Red Jasper. Intaglio. A Fawn feeding from a tree. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB. Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A dog standing to left, looking up at a bird hanging from the trees which curves over the composition from the right. Graeco-Roman, "return from the chase" scenes were very popular in Roman art of the IInd and IIIrd A.D. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.1 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 862 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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