Gem
Ring
29-128-2356
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2356 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1600-1699 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Eros | Cloak? | Lion Skin? |
Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Eros running to left carrying an elaborate cloak which billows out behind him. It may be lion's skin of Herakles. 17th century. |
Height | 0.6 cm |
Width | 0.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2356 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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