Gem
Object Number: | 29-128-610 |
Current Location: | Collections storage |
Culture: | Italian |
Provenience: | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location: | Italy |
Period: | Renaissance |
Date Made: | 1400-1499 |
Early Date: | 1400 |
Late Date: | 1499 |
Section: | Mediterranean |
Materials: | Chalcedony Onyx |
Technique: | Cameo |
Iconography: | Eros Woman Libation Bowl |
Height: | 0.9cm |
Width: | 0.7cm |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 610 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Eros running to right, about to receive a bowl from a female figure kneeling at right. 15th or 16th century. 610, 614, 617 appear to have been carved by the same hand.
Bibliography:
[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Catalogue Raisonne of the Sommerville Collection of Engraved Gems: A Descriptive List of Cameos, Intaglios, Seals, Rings, Amulets, Talismans, etc. Forming a Compend of Greek and Roman Mythology and Classical History. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 707, no. 610 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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